S05E03 - Colin Hatch (The Murder of Sean Williams)

In the third episode of British Murders Season 5, I tell the story of Colin Hatch.⁣
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On July 19, 1993, 21-year-old paedophile Colin Hatch snatched 7/8-year-old Sean Williams outside Norfolk Close tower block.⁣
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Colin sexually assaulted Sean in the bedroom of his flat before suffocating him to death with a plastic bag, placing his body inside two bin bags and leaving it in the tower block's elevator.
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He was handed a life sentence on January 28, 1994, by Judge Nina Lowry, but no minimum term to serve was set.

Colin Hatch was murdered on February 22, 2011, by fellow inmate Damien Fowkes at HMP Full Sutton.

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Intro music:
David John Brady - 'Throw Down the Gauntlet'
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Recorded using:
Audacity
Zoom

Edited in:
Audacity
DaVinci Resolve 17

Mastered in:
Auphonic

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References:

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Broadmoor “rejected future sex killer as not dangerous enough.” (1994, January 22). The Guardian, 9.

Cheston, P. (1994, January 28). Boy’s sex killer is told: Life means life. Evening Standard, 19.

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Daily Telegraph Reporter. (2011, October 5). Prisoner who slashed Soham murderer with knife wanted him to die. The Daily Telegraph, 17.

Damien Fowkes. (n.d.). Murder In The UK. Retrieved February 7, 2022, from https://www.murderuk.com/damien-fowkes.html

Davenport, J. (2011, February 23). Child murderer killed in prison. Evening Standard, 2.

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Mackinnon, I. (1994, January 18). Child killer “had written detailed sexual fantasies.” The Independent. Retrieved February 7, 2022, from https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/child-killer-had-written-detailed-sexual-fantasies-1400733.html

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