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In this episode, I tell the story of Ricky Wyatt, a 34-year-old father-of-one who was murdered in Laindon, Essex, on September 1, 2006.
Ricky was confronted by 32-year-old Kathryn Taylor and 29-year-old Matthew Boulton in a car park on Little Lullaway before being stabbed by the former.
The encounter was rumoured to have occurred over a £5 drug debt, but Judge Clegg dismissed that claim at Basildon Crown Court.
Regardless, the jury found Taylor guilty of Ricky's murder, and she was handed a life sentence with a minimum term of 16 years.
Boulton was found guilty of assisting an offender and handed a two-and-a-half-year sentence.
Intro music:
David John Brady - 'Throw Down the Gauntlet'
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References:
Austin, J. (2006, September 5). Tributes to fatal stab victim. Echo. Retrieved August 14, 2023, from https://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/local_news/907095.tributes-to-fatal-stab-victim/
Eve, C. (2006a, September 6). ‘Watching Ricky die has devastated us.’ Echo. Retrieved August 14, 2023, from https://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/local_news/909428.watching-ricky-die-has-devastated-us/
Eve, C. (2006b, September 26). Murdered on son’s second birthday. Echo. Retrieved August 14, 2023, from https://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/local_news/939075.murdered-on-sons-second-birthday/
Legge, K. (2007, September 6). Woman “killed Ricky over £5.” Echo. Retrieved August 14, 2023, from https://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/local_news/1667824.woman-killed-ricky-over-5/
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