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Cruelty Of The Cuckoo
· 1 h 23 min · S9 E7 · Explicit
Episode Cruelty Of The Cuckoo
We head back to 2005, and to the town of St Austell in the beautiful UK county of Cornwall this time around on The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, for a disturbing tale that shows just how perverse and barbaric the actions of some are, how they prey upon and use the vulnerable for their own means, even those who have next to nothing. The cruelty that some people can show - for their own entertainment. The episode contains details and descriptions of crimes and events, involving a vulnerable adult, that some listeners may find disturbing and or distressing, so discretion is advised whilst listening. Music used in this episode: "The Descent" by Kevin Macleod. All music used is sourced from https://filmmusic.io/ and used under an Attribution Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Playlist Tracks
• Liz Lawrence - Big Machine • Villagers - First Responder
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• Three from Falmouth guilty of murder of vulnerable man | Falmouth Packet • Four charged over murder of 'vulnerable' Cornwall man - BBC News • Tortured, drugged and killed, a month after the care visits were stopped | Social care | The Guardian • Fifteen years to the day since sadistic killing of St Austell's Steven Hoskin that rocked Cornwall - Cornwall Live • BBC NEWS | England | Cornwall | Girl and men charged with murder • BBC NEWS | England | Cornwall | Man 'bullied to death' by gang • BBC NEWS | England | Cornwall | Pair convicted of viaduct murder • BBC NEWS | England | Cornwall | Murder jury warned over 'emotion' • BBC NEWS | England | Cornwall | Gang jailed over viaduct killing • Murder victim was failed by the system | Public services policy | The Guardian • Cornwall missed chances to prevent Hoskin's death - Community Care • Health teams 'should have better managed murderer' - BBC News • Disabled man was 'bullied' and tortured to death by 'friends' who made him wear dog lead - Daily Star • Man with learning difficulties 'tortured and forced off viaduct to his death' | Daily Mail Online • Tortured, drugged and murdered for fun (telegraph.co.uk) • Girl, 16, guilty of killing mentally disabled man (thetimes.co.uk) • Evil girl's last laugh - Mirror Online • Evil teenager bullies man with learning difficulties to death | Daily Mail Online • Gang accused of ‘paedophile’ killing (thetimes.co.uk) • Evil girl, 16, laughed as she stamped on fingers of man who fell from viaduct | UK | News | Express.co.uk • PowerPoint Presentation (iow.gov.uk) • Layout 1 (equalityhumanrights.com) • The Murder of Steven Hoskin (hampshiresab.org.uk) • A decade on from the sadistic torture and murder of illiterate Steven Hoskin who was forced from 100ft Trenance Viaduct - Cornwall Live • Three jailed for forcing man to fall 100ft to his death | Social care | The Guardian • BBC NEWS | England | Cornwall | Murder victim failed by agencies • Evil teenager bullies man with learning difficulties to death | London Evening Standard | Evening Standard • Gang leader was nasty piece of work, court hears | Falmouth Packet • DARREN_STEWART_JULY_06.pdf (hundredfamilies.org) • 28 Jul 2007, page 14 - The Daily Telegraph at Newspapers.com • 30 Jan 2008, page 28 - The Independent at Newspapers.com • 06 Oct 2008, page 8 - The Independent at Newspapers.com • file30015b1caf187542970ec13bad535fed.ppt (live.com)
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Links in the notes 20
- https://filmmusic.io/
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/paul-sutherland13
- https://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/14034857.three-from-falmouth-guilty-of-murder-of-vulnerable-man/
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-30402679
- https://www.theguardian.com/society/2007/aug/04/socialcare.crime
- https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/fifteen-years-day-sadistic-killing-5612425
- https://www.theguardian.com/society/2007/dec/06/policy
- https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2007/12/12/cornwall-missed-chances-to-prevent-hoskins-death/
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-16576369
- https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/disabled-man-bullied-tortured-death-24468440
- https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-461727/Man-learning-difficulties-tortured-forced-viaduct-death.html
- https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1558706/Tortured-drugged-and-murdered-for-fun.html
- https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/girl-16-guilty-of-killing-mentally-disabled-man-3dkg6q9rjkk
- https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/evil-girls-last-laugh-495001
- https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-471865/Evil-teenager-bullies-man-learning-difficulties-death.html
- https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/gang-accused-of-paedophile-killing-qw92vl6rqsl
- https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/15142/Evil-girl-16-laughed-as-she-stamped-on-fingers-of-man-who-fell-from-viaduct
- https://www.iow.gov.uk/azservices/documents/2880-Hate-and-Mate-Crime-Workshops-Presentation-Slides.pdf
- https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/sites/default/files/ehrc_hidden_in_plain_sight_3.pdf
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