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you're under arrest on suspicion of
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murder mention one question
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something evidence this is Benjamin
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Atkins and his girlfriend Debbie perryi
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Ira both of whom were arrested for their
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part in murdering 49-year-old Simon Shon
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in their death trap of a home all for
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the sake of a mere £30 or $40 us believe
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it or not some officers wanted to give
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them the benefit of the doubt and assume
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they were innocent however after a Brisk
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investigation at their property the
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quickly realized that Simon had met a
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bleak and terrible end within their four
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walls so who are Ben and Debbie what
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surveillance footage helped them lead to
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their arrest and why on Earth was Simon
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murdered all for the sake of
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30bs Welcome or welcome back to Coffee
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House crime folks my name is Adrien and
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today we're traveling to England's
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Southern Coastline to look at a gruesome
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story that happened only last year now
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it's not that often that we come across
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a case that seems to be so senseless and
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brutal you'll see what I mean in a short
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while but these two really did go to
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prison for a mere few bucks by the way I
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now with all of that said please grab
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yourself a coffee and let's caffeinate
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while we investigate this is the case of
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Simon Shon
Bournemouth
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in today's case we'll be making the most
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of the British Summer by heading down to
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the southern coast of England it is an
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area brimming with history spanning
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recent scars from two world wars right
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through to the Jurassic era however if
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you're more of the urban type then why
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not lose yourself in The Eclectic city
1:49
of Plymouth explore the major port city
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of Portsmouth or alternatively go
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hunting for the world's best video
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editor in Brighton and hve hi Callum
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quite honestly there is so much to
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explore in all of these beautiful
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coastal cities however today we're
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focusing on another one that hasn't been
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mentioned yet and that is Bournemouth so
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what can I say about Bournemouth well
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it's a seaside resort town in the heart
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of Dorset and with a population of just
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under 200,000 residents it's not a small
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settlement by any means either with its
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mild climate sandy beaches amusement
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parks and streets filled with
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restaurants and entertainment venues it
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is appreciated by all who visit however
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despite being a peaceful Beach town
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where many come to relax Bournemouth was
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thrust into the spotlight last summer
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under some pretty horrific circumstances
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it was on August the 26th 2023 in the
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boson Beach area of East Bournemouth
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that families shied away from their busy
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schedules to enjoy the British Summer
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Sun dozens made their way down to the
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beach VI it zigzag trail of Mana steps
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seeking comfort in the gentle Coastal
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Breeze one of those tourists decided to
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take a break under one of the trees
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nearby that is when suddenly two wrapped
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up bundles tumbled down the cliff beside
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her and as you can imagine this was
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highly extraordinary curious about what
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was inside but also not too worried she
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decided to take a look and check them
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out but as soon as she unwrapped the
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first package she was hit with the
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terrible stench of Decay and what she
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saw inside was an indiscernable mess
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trusting her instincts she decided to
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call the police who responded by quickly
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cordoning off the area and after
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investigating the tumbled packages they
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found that what they contained were the
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partial remains of a human body more
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precisely a pair of severed legs the
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discovery thoroughly baffled Bournemouth
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police but outside of the victim's
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suggested height and shoe size the legs
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alone did not provide much more
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information as we all know human remains
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often come with the chance to recover a
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person's DNA and if the person has a
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criminal record well they then might be
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in the police database fortunately after
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only 5 days of analysis forensic
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officers and detectives matched this DNA
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to a man named Simon Shon who at the
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time was a 43-year-old who resided in
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the local area so what do we know about
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Simon well the authorities knew him as
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somewhat of a Drifter and one who
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struggled to get by and often lived
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wherever he could find shelter Simon had
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recently served a sentence for drug
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possession with intent to supply but was
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later released on license and monitored
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by the probation service of course this
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eventually assisting with his
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identification before the Grim Discovery
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Simon was seen squatting in the rundown
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monbu Hotel found on Manor Road the
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security guard who spotted him named Le
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gualeni described him as somewhat of a
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decent guy in fact they had even
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exchanged phone numbers so that Simon
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could avoid the out of bounds areas he
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didn't want to be a burden on society
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it's just that at at the time he didn't
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fit in very well it was noted that just
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a few weeks before his remains were
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found Simon told Lee that he had moved
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to a new address on Alsbury Road and
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that apparently things were looking
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better however that would be the last
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time that anyone heard from him
Simon
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unfortunately Simon seemed to struggle
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from substance abuse from a very young
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age but despite his rough childhood and
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academic struggles he did turn out to be
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a rather hard worker as he Grew Older
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moving into his ad adulthood he would
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take agency warehouse and fairg ground
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work wherever he could and would
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routinely keep in touch with his family
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mainly through his mother to add to that
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he engaged in several relationships with
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women many of which would eventually
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result in children now he did do his
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best to keep in touch with all of them
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but put quite simply his issues with
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alcohol and drugs made him a bad father
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to be around and that's because his
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addictions led to a rather chaotic and
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unstable lifestyle where he owed money
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to many people moved in and out of
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housing quite regularly and could never
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hold down a job eventually general labor
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was no longer good enough and he found
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himself working for the same dealers who
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fueled his addictions creating a very
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vicious cycle and so feeling ashamed and
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Powerless to all of it he decided to
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Shield his family and friends away from
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his ever worsening situation isolating
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himself far away from their reach
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despite everything one of his sons named
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Wesley remained particularly close to
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him and now at the tender age of 19 he
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was to be alerted of his father's death
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even though he wasn't always around the
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time they spent together was special and
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filled with fun memories Wesley and his
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dad shared a passion for everything
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Motorsports related whether it was Cars
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motorbikes or anything else and in
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between Wesley also knew his dad
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desperately wanted to turn his life
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around not just for the family but also
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for himself but these addictions can be
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extraordinarily difficult to curb and it
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was simply too tough Simon his dad was
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used as a runner for drug gangs
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controlled by the higher ups and working
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12-hour days dealing on the streets this
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would eventually lead to his arrest and
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then his probation which as we know he
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vanished from soon after in early
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August the police did not have much to
Investigation
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go on unfortunately all they had was a
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phone number and a text message that
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contained the name of the street that he
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supposedly moved to that being a Alsbury
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road so the next step was to cross
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reference these Clues and hopefully find
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their suspect or maybe suspects
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meanwhile a thorough investigation was
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underway to track and locate more
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evidence most notably the rest of Simon
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shon's body which remained out there
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waiting to be found Not only would
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finding the rest of him assist in
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finding his killer or Killers but it
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would also bring peace of mind to a
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grieving family simultaneously
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investigation were underway to track
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Simon's phone number and mobile phone
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which as we will soon come to find out
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were key articles that blew the case
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wide open now you're probably going to
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be surprised by this but it was
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discovered that shortly after his death
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his mobile phone had been sold at a
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local porn shop named Cash creators I'd
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like to say that this is a classic
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rookie mistake for any criminal out
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there but to be honest you have to be
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seriously dumb to do this without
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thinking of the potential r ifications
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as you can imagine it took only
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relatively basic police work to progress
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Simon's case from here on out as it was
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soon discovered that the shop had a
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surveillance camera and that
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surveillance footage was seized and
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investigated and sure enough this
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footage would lead them to a woman who
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could be seen selling Simon's phone in
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late August since she was a local she
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was quite easily identified and she was
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38-year-old Debbie periera it turns out
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that she wasn't n alone while porning
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the phone either because lurking in the
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background she was accompanied by a
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middle-aged man who was later identified
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as Benjamin Atkins so do you remember
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when I told you that Simon left the
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shodi hotel well he had also told the
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groundskeeper the street name of his new
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home and as you can probably guess
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already Debbie and Ben were found to
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live at flat 18b found on Alsbury road
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that was finally enough for officers to
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visit the couple at their home on
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September the 1st 2023 as a result they
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were promptly arrested on suspicion of
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murder all of which as part of British
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standards was caught on police body cam
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for the whole world to see right Debbie
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time is 12 minutes past 9 you're under
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arrest on suspicion of
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murder defense mention one question
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something evidence what do you mean say
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there what you mean stay where you are
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stay there
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who is that right F you're under arrest
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and suspicion of murder you do not have
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to say anything but may your defense if
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you do not mention when question
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something you you lat on RA in court
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anything you do say maybe given an
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Evidence
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that's at first leading officer Neil
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third had some doubts about their
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culpability he did consider that maybe
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the couple might have merely found the
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mobile phone on the street and then
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decided to sell it however he couldn't
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have been more wrong when officers
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performed a search of of the property
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and the attached Garden they found solid
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proof that Debbie and Ben were in fact
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involved in Simon's murder and that's
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because the very next morning officers
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discovered his dismembered arms wrapped
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up inside their shed in the garden with
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this gruesome find adding another piece
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to the already horrific puzzle and so as
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a result both Debbie and Ben were
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officially charged with murder only a
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few days later on September the 4th
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meanwhile the search for the rest of
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Simon continued it was 5 days after
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Debbie and Ben were arrested that a
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headless torso was discovered inside a
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black suitcase found in bosam Chine
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Gardens while out on a walk a patrol
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officer used his nose to follow a foul
11:14
smell lingering in the air sadly the
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stench of death is a unique and familiar
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scent that law enforcement eventually
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gets used to and of course this led him
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to the Grim Discovery a postmortem on
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the legs and torso revealed that
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although the amputations were clean they
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were not conducted surgically suggesting
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an amateur attempt was made to dismember
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Simon however despite all of this new
11:38
evidence his head still seemed to be
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missing the police therefore had to rely
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on strict interrogation tactics and more
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rigorous investigation to locate the
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rest of him but before we continue who
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precisely were Ben and Debbie the couple
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which now seemed deeply entangled in
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this terrible story starting with Ben he
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grew up in the north more than part of
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Oxford with his single mother
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unfortunately he did have a rough
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childhood especially after his mom got
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involved with an abusive man who would
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later become his stepdad Ben's only
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support was his grandmother who sadly
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died when he was only a teenager this
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devastated him quite dramatically and
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pushed him into the world of drugs
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during the '90s Rave scene over the next
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couple of decades he routinely cycled
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through periods of getting clean and
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then relapsing eventually train in as a
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carpenter before then drifting and
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moving around for work it was after a
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violent breakup in Bristol that he then
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connected with Debbie periera through
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Facebook concerningly the two of them
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took no time to protect their peace or
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assess each other sensibly instead
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rushing into things by haphazardly
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opting to move in together in
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Bournemouth although Ben claimed that he
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had children in the area his larger
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commitment was crime he had a long rap
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sheet with 16 convictions and 26 off es
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showing a stained history of instability
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and trouble with the
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law Debbie on the other hand had her own
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troubled history one that was filled
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with abusive relationships with men who
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should have protected her but despite
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benen history and his behavior something
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unique about him Drew her towards him
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you know maybe he was Charming or maybe
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he was funny or maybe there was
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something that she could see that nobody
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else could you know that classic Trope
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either way it soon became evident to
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everyone around them that the two were
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damaged in a very similar way so could
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that be a blessing or a nightmarish
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curse well with the way that this story
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goes I'm sure that you can come to your
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own conclusion Debbie claims that she
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had a horrendously tough and Loveless
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upbringing and was forced to be adopted
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by her aunt after her mother gave birth
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to her at a very young age sadly her
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adoptive father was very abusive towards
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her too and tragically his friends who
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visited them the home often would abuse
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her from an extraordinarily young age in
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contrast to this her step siblings did
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not get the same treatment she was
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singled out from the other children in
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the house which only compounded her
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grief and isolation understandably these
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experiences built an unhealthy
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relationship with men in general for
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Debbie and throughout her adulthood she
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found herself in one abusive
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relationship after another calling the
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police to report domestic abuse on
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multiple occasions so it may be no
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surprise that with this abusive and
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unhappy existence came substance abuse
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issues too as she was introduced to
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heroin at the age of 29 by her partner
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which led to a habit that would last for
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over a decade and until the year that
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this case takes place Debbie also has
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two kids who now are aged 16 and 19
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though no surprise she has little
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contact with them considering her
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lifestyle when the two first locked eyes
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on one another she was quite pleased to
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meet Ben she was looking for someone to
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lean on and he seemed more supportive
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and caring than her previous Partners
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though as we will soon find out he also
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had his own issues with control and
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possessiveness prior to meeting him
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Debbie was trying to get clean but
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unfortunately she relapsed which led to
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the two meeting inside a rehab facility
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neither of them seemed to be
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particularly enthusiastic about recovery
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which only contributed to them poorly
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enabling each other once they got out
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when Ben did finally get out and then
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proceeded to get in touch with Debbie
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she was ready to dive back into her
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addictive lifestyle with him Debbie also
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had a history with law enforcement by
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the way with 12 convictions and 19
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offenses on record so given all of this
15:46
information it is actually quite clear
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and obvious how Simon got involved with
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the two of them in the first place
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however one question remains here why
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were his remains scattered around
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Bournemouth not surprising to this story
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but both Ben and Debbie were average
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drug users not only that but they
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frequented the many dealing spots where
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Simon worked so after hearing about
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Simon's rather unfortunate circumstances
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the two then offered him a place to stay
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in their tent in a garden quite the
16:16
offer there guys with nowhere else to go
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he reluctantly accepted their offer
16:20
however that did not come without a
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price in exchange for a safe camping
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spot found in their Garden he would have
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to pay Ben and Debbie £40 or $50 worth
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of cocaine and heroin per day which to
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me sounds like an insanely bad ripoff I
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mean doing the maths that's like ,500 a
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month you could easily get a two-bedroom
16:39
apartment for that anyway that was the
16:42
last place that Simon was known to be
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alive before his remains were found
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leaving Ben and Debbie in very hot water
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in addition to this both Ben and Debbie
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had been caught selling Simon's mobile
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phone with surveillance footage to back
16:55
that up in fact they were even caught on
16:58
camera shoplifting a crucial piece of
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evidence that being a large hacksaw
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which can be seen in Benjamin's hand on
17:05
surveillance camera and so with the pair
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now in custody and the evidence stacking
17:09
up around them it is safe to say that it
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was in their best interests to come
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clean and an efforts to reduce whatever
17:16
sentence they would face this was
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especially pertinent on behalf of Debbie
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as she would ascertain that she had
17:23
little to do with the actual murder
17:25
itself both suspects were questioned
17:27
separately and when stories matched each
17:29
other and the evidence was recovered
17:31
from various crime scenes a gruesome
17:33
scene could be painted to depict Simon's
17:36
terrible demise Ben's own mobile phone
17:39
records show that he was privately
17:41
messaging Simon behind Debb's back in an
17:43
attempt to obtain more drugs without her
17:46
knowing to add to this he also seem to
17:48
be blackmailing Simon by threatening to
17:51
tell his probation officer about his
17:52
illegal activities if he didn't comply
17:55
in giving him more drugs tensions
17:57
between the three were raised even
17:59
further when Simon actively defended
18:02
Debbie once Ben became irate aggressive
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and abusive towards her she also
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confided in Simon about their
18:09
relationship further swaying his own
18:11
opinion of the couple now I don't need
18:13
to tell you that the atmosphere became
18:15
excruciatingly tense between the three
18:18
of them and with their close proximity
18:19
in the one-bedroom flat it forced them
18:22
to live chaotically together honestly at
18:24
this point I simply would have run away
18:27
and lived alone in the woods mobile
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phone records which were retrieved from
18:31
all three of them show a tense situation
18:34
that came to a head on the night of
18:35
August the 17th 2023 this was when Ben
18:39
was accused of stealing £30 the
18:41
equivalent of $40 from Simon in order to
18:44
buy more drugs after this Simon messaged
18:47
a friend to say that he no longer felt
18:49
safe staying with the couple he was very
18:51
scared of his environment and wanted to
18:54
find somewhere else to stay though sadly
18:57
such safety would only come a little too
19:00
late it was on a warm Summer's evening
The Fight
19:03
that all three of them were inside the
19:05
small one-bedroom flat while Ben and
19:08
Debbie were high as kites it was at that
19:11
moment that while cooked out of his
19:13
skull Ben accused Simon of stealing
19:15
money from him yet again the
19:17
confrontation sparked a fight between
19:19
the two of them understandably quite
19:21
scared Debbie retreated to the bedroom
19:24
while the other two skirmished
19:26
eventually a knife was brought into the
19:28
frame
19:29
now Ben didn't specify where the knife
19:31
came from who had it first or what type
19:33
of knife it was however he did admit to
19:36
one being present at the time as a
19:38
result both parties in the fight
19:40
sustained multiple defense wounds though
19:43
Simon sadly would take the brunt of the
19:45
damage the fight was so violent and
19:47
chaotic that the walls of the utility
19:49
room were spattered with blood from
19:51
floor to ceiling after relinquishing the
19:53
knife Ben violently finished Simon off
19:56
by striking him over the head with a
19:58
portable speaker the assault was both
20:00
ferocious and unnecessary in the
20:03
situation and Simon was weak and posed
20:05
very little threat to Ben put quite
20:07
simply Simon had been run ragged by drug
20:10
gangs was in chronic pain had restricted
20:13
use of his right arm and was suffering
20:15
from COPD more commonly known as empyema
20:18
this essentially meaning that he was
20:20
easily exhausted and out of breath given
20:22
all of this information it is hard to
20:25
paint a picture where he outwardly posed
20:27
a threat towards Ben
The Aftermath
20:30
in fact those who saw Simon in the days
20:32
before this incident happened did
20:34
comment on how tired and unwell he
20:36
looked while Ben on the other hand was
20:38
not only stronger but had a much more
20:40
significant Advantage leaving this
20:42
entire attack absolutely unwarranted
20:45
sadly this fight would ultimately end in
20:47
Simon's death he had defensive wounds on
20:49
his hands and arms and had 12 stab
20:52
wounds on his chest shoulders and back
20:54
once he had fallen down Simon begged and
20:57
screamed for help but instead Ben gouged
21:00
both of his eyes out with his thumbs
21:02
before smashing his head with a speaker
21:04
so you might be wondering what exactly
21:06
happened to Debbie well the sad truth is
21:09
that she didn't actually care too much
21:11
instead she stayed right by Ben's side
21:14
after this sickening incident the couple
21:16
sold Simon's phone shoplifted the
21:18
hacksaw and got to work on dismembering
21:20
his body most of that final action was
21:23
undertaken by Ben in the utility room
21:25
where he meticulously referenced an
21:27
autonomy book in an effort to dismember
21:29
the body systematically Ben admitted he
21:32
could never have dismembered Simon
21:34
without being severely under the
21:36
influence and he took copious amounts of
21:38
drugs before doing it afterwards he
21:40
started a fire in their garden and tried
21:43
to burn the body parts starting with his
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head this went on for several days and
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in the meantime neighbors noticed the
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putrid smell which Ben and Debbie
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explained Away by claiming it was a dead
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fox but when the head wouldn't burn
21:58
completely Ben decided to dump the
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remaining pieces in Walpole Lane now
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this particular piece of information did
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not come out until February of 2024
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which was 5 months after the murder
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skull fragments recovered from the area
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were positively identified as Simon
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Shodan giving the authorities the final
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piece of the gruesome puzzle now
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although Ben was the main instigator
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Debbie was not free of guilt after the
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attack and dismemberment she helped
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cover up the crime scene and dispose of
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the body furthermore she spent several
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days cleaning the blood splattered
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utility room before Ben then repainted
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the walls she would also sell Simon's
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phone and help shoplift the soore and
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dispose of the body parts so it's safe
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to say that neither of them showed any
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remorse towards Simon's murder I mean
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Ben even seemed proud about it saying to
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Debbie in a police vehicle I'll look him
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straight in the eye and say yeah I'll do
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it again and again and again if you let
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me go today I would find another one and
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do it again drug dealers and pushers
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kill decapitate and eat the bastards
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tragically he also joked about how Simon
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had begged for his life and even
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urinated in his pants before he died the
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pain and fear that Simon must have felt
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must have been absolutely unbearable of
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course Ben would argue that he acted in
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self-defense and had no choice but to
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fight when confronted by Simon however
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Simon's poor physical health
23:26
contradicted this claim
The Trials
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with mounting evidence and confessions
23:30
from both Ben and Debbie Court
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proceedings began in May 2024 at
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Winchester Crown Court the pur still
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seemed to show no genuine remorse though
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they did offer empty words of regret to
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Simon's family who were present at the
23:43
trials during this time the judge
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rightly stated the violence he used was
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ferocious unnecessary wholly out of
23:51
proportion you were by far the stronger
23:54
he was of no threat to you so with their
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trials finally concluded they were
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ultimately found guilty but to differing
24:01
degrees Benjamin Atkins would receive a
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life sentence with a minimum of 19 years
24:06
for murdering his lodger and scattering
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his body parts across Bournemouth Debbie
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on the other hand was sentenced to 4
24:12
years for perverting the course of
24:14
justice and preventing the burial of a
24:16
corpse the prosecution pointed out that
24:19
had she called the police when she saw
24:20
the fight happening Simon might even
24:22
still be alive this was a painful
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realization for Simon's own family
24:27
members who were present during the time
24:29
of their sentencing his closest family
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member that being his son Wesley had his
24:34
victim impact statement shared by the
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Barrister in which he said my father
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used drink and drugs to escape the
24:40
battles in his mind the lengths you've
24:43
gone in destroying my dad are completely
24:45
different there was no opportunity for
24:48
us to visit his body to tell him we
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loved him to kiss him goodbye I just
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loved our time together I was every bit
24:55
my daddy's boy the judge stressed that
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this case was one of the largest and
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most complex in the history of Dorset
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police with hundreds of officers from
25:03
different forces involved in the search
25:05
for Simon's
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remains Simon Shodan leaves behind his
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children his parents and his sister to
25:12
mourn his premature death this is
25:14
particularly saddening as he had little
25:16
contact with many of them before passing
25:18
away leaving no opportunity for them to
25:21
be reunited and therefore exacerbating
25:24
their loss it is true Simon did struggle
25:27
with his mental health and substance
25:28
abuse problems though throughout he
25:31
always expressed the intention of
25:33
getting clean not just for himself but
25:35
for those that He Loved by the way it
25:38
was a very notable feature of this case
25:40
that all Witnesses who knew Simon only
25:43
spoke of his warmth and kindness towards
25:45
others and it seemed that no one had a
25:48
bad word to say about him or his
25:50
character instead they expressed sadness
25:52
that he had been denied the opportunity
25:54
to turn his life around and reconnect
25:56
with his family Simon Shodan never
25:59
deserved the brutal fate that befell him
26:01
all of which were at the hands of a
26:03
violent and selfish individual and is
26:05
willing ACC complice the only comfort
26:07
that his family can receive is that his
26:10
murderers are now behind bars and unable
26:13
to take advantage of any other
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vulnerable individuals in the future
26:17
rest in peace
Outro
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Simon so anyway I think I'm going to end
26:23
this video here today folks all in all
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this is a very sad story and has left
26:27
three sets of children without a parent
26:30
what I will say is that addiction is a
26:32
terrible Beast hidden in plain sight it
26:35
destroys people and their lives and is
26:37
something that many of us on the outside
26:39
can't even comprehend there is a degree
26:42
of absolute powerlessness when it comes
26:44
to addiction not just for those within
26:46
it but to all of those around too anyway
26:49
if this sort of thing has affected you
26:51
or anyone that you know I implore you to
26:53
check out the links in the description
26:54
down below anyway I'm Keen to hear what
26:56
you think about this case and your
26:58
opinions around it for one what do you
27:00
think about Simon's situation and the
27:02
Fate that he had found and two do you
27:05
think that Debbie and Ben got the
27:06
sentences they deserved as always share
27:09
your thoughts in the comments section
27:10
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27:20
thank you so much for watching and by
27:22
the way I'm now back in full swing so
27:24
I'll see you again very soon for another
27:25
one until that moment arrives though
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remember to car to yourself look off to
27:29
each other and as always stay safe thank
27:32
you and goodbye