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As the frost began to thaw on the morning of January 30th, 1992 in Wallington by Croydon, South London, Nimal Samarasinha and his family prepared for work and school. He left the house to warm the car up, and soon his daughter ran out to meet him, only when she got to the pavement, her father was lying on the ground - one forceful blow of a knife in his heart.


Following each episode of Katherine Kelly's true crime TV series Murdertown, Benjamin Fitton from They Walk Among Us unpicks a new case from each location. Watch Murdertown exclusively on Crime+Investigation in the UK every Monday at 9pm and then straight after listen to a brand new story right here with the Murdertown podcast. You can get in touch using #Murdertown on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram.


The Murdertown podcast is hosted by Benjamin Fitton, researched and written by Anna Priestland and produced and edited by Chloe Frost.


SOURCES


COURT RECORD
R V. Florence Samarasinha
https://app.justis.com/search/Samarasinha/1/Relevance


ARTICLES


HERALD SCOTLAND
8th DECEMBER 1993
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12708787.wife-murdered-husband-to-hide-her-secret-life/
18th DECEMBER 1993
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12705126.gambling-wife-who-hired-man-to-kill-husband-jailed-for-life/


THE GUARDIAN
8TH DECEMBER, 1993
https://www.newspapers.com/image/260278804/?terms=Nimal%2BSamarasinha


THE GUARDIAN
18TH DECEMBER, 1993
https://www.newspapers.com/image/260286606/?terms=Nimal%2BSamarasinha


INDEPENDENT
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/woman-guilty-of-killing-husband-to-protect-secret-life-council-officials-life-of-prostitution-and-1466055.html


COURT NEWS UK
http://courtnewsuk.co.uk/?s=Nimal+Samarasinha


BOOK CHAPTER
‘Hitmen — True Stories of Street Executions’
By: Wensley Clarkson
John Blake Publishing, Limited, 2005
Chapter Title: Stand By Your Man


TV
CRIMEWATCH, APRIL 1993
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BZtZ6Rb-wE


WALLINGTON/ CROYDON/ OTHER


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallington,_London


https://www.plumplot.co.uk/Croydon-crime-stats.html


https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/www.mylondon.news/news/south-london-news/new-crime-map-reveals-croydon-15465063.amp


https://www.bobulous.org.uk/misc/Sutton.html


https://www.hja.net/legal-services/criminal-defence/sexual-freedom/escort-agencies/


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallington,_London


https://www.plumplot.co.uk/Croydon-crime-stats.html


https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/www.mylondon.news/news/south-london-news/new-crime-map-reveals-croydon-15465063.amp


https://www.bobulous.org.uk/misc/Sutton.html


https://www.hja.net/legal-services/criminal-defence/sexual-freedom/escort-agencies/
 
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Six miles west of the Seaport town of Grimsby in Lincolnshire, is the tiny rural village of Irby upon Humber. 


On the evening of July 10th, 1991, Humberside Police were called to the home of a well known local family, the Newton’s, where shots had been fired. The owner of the house, Forty-five-year-old Clifford Newton was the eldest son and business partner of Grimsby millionaire nightclub and bingo hall owner Bernard “Bunny” Newton. Bunny and his sons had been in the club business since the early ’70s. 


When police pulled into the driveway of Clifford’s home, they didn’t anticipate anything particularly serious. But, when no one would exit the house, the officer’s settled in for a two-and-a-half-hour standoff. 


At the end of it, Bunny Newton would be found dead.


Following each episode of Katherine Kelly's true crime TV series Murdertown, Benjamin Fitton from They Walk Among Us unpicks a new case from each location. Watch Murdertown exclusively on Crime+Investigation in the UK every Monday at 9pm and then straight after listen to a brand new story right here with the Murdertown podcast. You can get in touch using #Murdertown on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram.


The Murdertown podcast is hosted by Benjamin Fitton, researched and written by Anna Priestland and produced and edited by Chloe Frost.




SOURCES


LOCAL HISTORY:
https://www.lincswolds.org.uk/enjoying/tourist-information


http://www.localhistories.org/grimsby.html


http://sidneysussexheritage.co.uk/the-royal/


Homicide Act, 1957
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/25/part/2/chapter/1/crossheading/partial-defence-to-murder-diminished-responsibility


A COLLECTION OF HISTORICAL NEWSPAPER ARTICLES:


Published: Saturday 04 August 1951 
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph 


Published: Wednesday 16 October 1957 
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post 


Published: Tuesday 09 May 1967 
Newspaper: Reading Evening Post


Published: Saturday 29 April 1967 
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo 


Published: Saturday 29 April 1967 
Newspaper: Reading Evening Post 


Published: April 30th, 1967
Newspaper: The Observer


Published: Wednesday 03 May 1967 
Newspaper: Daily Mirror 


Published: Saturday 06 May 1967 
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post 


Published: Saturday 06 May 1967 
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post 


Published: Monday 01 May 1967 
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post 


Published: Thursday 04 May 1967 
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post 


Published: Tuesday 09 May 1967 
Newspaper: Reading Evening Post 


Published: 29th February, 1968
Newspaper: The Guardian


Published: Thursday 23 August 1979 
Newspaper: The Stage 


Published: Thursday 01 November 1979 
Newspaper: The Stage 


Published: Monday July 15th, 1991
Newspaper: The Guardian


Published: Thursday 11 July 1991 
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal 


Published: Tuesday 09 June 1992 
Newspaper: Newcastle Journal 


Published: 10th June, 1992
Newspaper: The Guardian


Published: Wednesday 10 June 1992 
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal 


Published: Thursday 18 March 1993 
Newspaper: Aberdeen Evening Express 


Published: Friday 19 March 1993 
Newspaper: Newcastle Journal 


Published: Friday 19 March 1993 
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal 
 
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It was an ordinary evening in the January of 1994 when a knock came on the door of Catherine and Terry Maidens’ family home in Whitestone, Nuneaton. Through the window, Catherine Maidens could see there was a man wearing a motorcycle helmet, just like a pizza delivery guy, only the Maiden’s hadn’t ordered any pizza. 


Following each episode of Katherine Kelly's true crime TV series Murdertown, Benjamin Fitton from They Walk Among Us unpicks a new case from each location. Watch Murdertown exclusively on Crime+Investigation in the UK every Monday at 9pm and then straight after listen to a brand new story right here with the Murdertown podcast. You can get in touch using #Murdertown on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram.


The Murdertown podcast is hosted by Benjamin Fitton, researched and written by Anna Priestland and produced and edited by Chloe Frost.


SOURCES


HISTORICAL CASE ARTICLES:


Published: Thursday 27 January 1994 
Newspaper: Aberdeen Evening Express 
https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000445/19940127/116/0014


Published: Thursday 27 January 1994 
Newspaper: Sandwell Evening Mail 
https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002488/19940127/001/0001


Published: Friday 28 January 1994 
Newspaper: Newcastle Journal 
https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002240/19940128/052/0007


Published: Saturday 29 January 1994 
Newspaper: Sandwell Evening Mail 
https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002488/19940129/001/0001


Published: Monday 31 January 1994 
Newspaper: Staffordshire Sentinel 
https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000525/19940131/021/0002


Published: Monday 31 January 1994 
Newspaper: Sandwell Evening Mail 
https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002488/19940131/063/0011


Published: Monday 31 January 1994 
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal 
https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000578/19940131/009/0001


Published: Tuesday 01 February 1994 
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal 
https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000578/19940201/122/0009


Published: Tuesday 01 February 1994 
Newspaper: Newcastle Journal 
https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002240/19940201/064/0007


Published: Wednesday 02 February 1994 
Newspaper: Newcastle Journal 
https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002240/19940202/063/0007


Published: Wednesday 02 February 1994 
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal 
https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000578/19940202/001/0001


Published: Friday 17 February 1995 
Newspaper: Irish Independent 
https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001715/19950217/080/0007


Published: Monday 21 February 1994 
Newspaper: Sandwell Evening Mail 
https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002488/19940221/045/0006


Published: Tuesday 21 February 1995 
Newspaper: Perthshire Advertiser 
https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000458/19950221/422/0006


Published: Tuesday 22 February 1994 
Newspaper: Sandwell Evening Mail 
https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002488/19940222/047/0005


Published: Friday 28 January 1994 
Newspaper: The Guardian UK
Page 7


Published: Monday 31st January 1994 
Newspaper: The Guardian UK
Page 7


Published: Tuesday 1st February 1994 
Newspaper: The Guardian UK
Page 3




ONLINE ARTICLES:


THE INDEPENDENT:
Undated
‘Professional hitman may have killed wrong man: Victim shot in front of four-year-old son’
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/professional-hitman-may-have-killed-wrong-man-victim-shot-in-front-of-four-year-old-son-1403017.html


THE HERALD SCOTLAND:


28th January 1994
‘Man shot dead in his home’
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12700226.man-shot-dead-in-his-home/ 


29th January 1994
...

In October 2016, police knocked on the door of a large cottage six miles southwest of Greenock, in the small Clyde Coast village of Inverkip, Scotland. They were looking for Margaret Fleming; a thirty-six year old woman who had been on long-term disability benefits. Only, Margaret’s carers said she had left their care years ago and would drop in when she wanted money. When detectives did some digging however, they would find that no one had seen Margaret for sixteen years.


Following each episode of Katherine Kelly's true crime TV series Murdertown, Benjamin Fitton from They Walk Among Us unpicks a new case from each location. Watch Murdertown exclusively on Crime+Investigation in the UK every Monday at 9pm and then straight after listen to a brand new story right here with the Murdertown podcast. You can get in touch using #Murdertown on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram.


The Murdertown podcast is hosted by Benjamin Fitton, researched and written by Anna Priestland and produced and edited by Chloe Frost.


SOURCES:


http://www.scotland-judiciary.org.uk/8/2233/HMA-v-Edward-Cairney-and-Avril-Jones
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-48191108
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/jul/17/margaret-fleming-carers-edward-cairney-avril-jones-jailed-for-life-over-of-vulnerable-woman
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/jul/17/margaret-fleming-carers-edward-cairney-avril-jones-jailed-for-life-over-of-vulnerable-woman
https://www.scotsman.com/news/crime/margaret-fleming-carers-thought-they-had-got-away-with-murder-1-4947857
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16992972.margaret-fleming-murder-trial-collapses/
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/margaret-fleming-murder-convictions-are-rare-when-victim-s-body-is-never-found-sr5xmt9kr
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-48620867
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-48191108
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-48123959
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-48523897
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-41542875
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/jun/14/margaret-fleming-carers-found-guilty-of-murder
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/margaret-fleming-murder-trial-collapses-after-three-weeks-of-evidence-zd59vscs7
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/958836/highest-murder-rate-UK-scotland-police-division-renfrewshire
https://www.scotland.police.uk/whats-happening/news/news-by-division/renfrewshire-and-inverclyde/
https://www.scotland.police.uk/your-community/renfrewshire-and-inverclyde/inverclyde/
 
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On October 30th 1998, twenty-two year-old Jenny King left Chasers Nightclub in Bristol with a fiver that her brother had given her to get a taxi home. The following day, Jenny’s loved ones would realise she never made the mile to her family home in Warmley. Over the coming weeks, the residents of Bristol would question the shocking similarities between Jenny’s disappearance and that of Melanie Hall from nearby Bath just two years earlier.


Following each episode of Katherine Kelly's true crime TV series Murdertown, Benjamin Fitton from They Walk Among Us unpicks a new case from each location. Watch Murdertown exclusively on Crime+Investigation in the UK every Monday at 9pm and then straight after listen to a brand new story right here with the Murdertown podcast. You can get in touch using #Murdertown on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram.


The Murdertown podcast is hosted by Benjamin Fitton, researched and written by Anna Priestland and produced and edited by Chloe Frost.




SOURCES


https://www.thefreelibrary.com/JENNY%3A+MAN+CHARGED+WITH+MURDER+AFTER+KEYS+OPEN+HIS+HOUSE%3B+Jobless...-a060627643


Published: Wednesday 3rd November 1998 
Newspaper: The Guardian, London
https://www.newspapers.com/image/260677552/?terms=bristol%2Bnightclub%2Bchasers


Published: Saturday 07 November 1998 
Newspaper: Evening Herald (Dublin) 
https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001730/19981107/045/0006


Published: Friday 5th November 1998 
Newspaper: The Guardian, London
https://www.newspapers.com/image/260681305/?terms=Jennifer%2Bking


Published: Thursday 4th November 1998 
Newspaper: The Guardian, London
https://www.newspapers.com/image/260678777/?terms=Jennifer%2Bking


Published: Monday 09 November 1998 
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo 
https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000271/19981103/015/0004


Published: Saturday 07 November 1998 
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo 
https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000271/19981107/012/0004


Online Articles:


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/206095.stm


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/687037.stm


https://www.independent.co.uk/news/keys-offer-clue-to-nightclub-murder-vital-clue-1183966.html


https://www.independent.co.uk/news/body-found-in-hunt-for-missing-woman-found-1182573.html


https://www.independent.co.uk/news/body-found-in-hunt-for-missing-woman-found-1182573.html


https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/mar/23/geoffreygibbs


https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/mar/23/geoffreygibbs


https://www.newspapers.com/image/259664313/?terms=chasers%2Bnightclub%2Bbristol


Local:


http://humanities.uwe.ac.uk/bhr/Main/industry/intro_industry.htm


https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/bristol-uk-best-place-to-live-uk-britain-2017-a7638981.html 
 
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