22 - The horrific murder of Sylvia Fleming
Mens Rea: A true crime podcast
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🗓️ 2 September 2018
⏱️ 44 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the mens rea podcast and this is the story of Sylvia Fleming. Oh, The island of Ireland is divided into two separate jurisdictions, the Republic of Ireland, which is the southern two-thirds or so of the island, in addition to the most northwestern county of Dunigal and Northern Ireland which is made |
| 0:56.7 | up of six counties from the province of Ulster. The town of Oma is the county town of Tyrone. |
| 1:04.0 | It's about as close as you can get to being in the center of the province. |
| 1:08.0 | It's classified as a large town, but has a relatively small population of less than 20,000, although this number is |
| 1:16.7 | up from about 15,000 in the mid-90s. |
| 1:21.1 | It's predominantly a Catholic area, with about 75% of the population reporting itself to be of that background. And interestingly, one-third or so of the population each identified itself as Irish, Northern Irish and British respectively. |
| 1:37.3 | It's a typical regional town and at its heart the river's drumra and Camoone joined to form the strual. |
| 1:46.1 | Like many towns on the island, a monastery was founded in the 8th century and the town grew |
| 1:51.2 | around the religious site. |
| 1:53.0 | It's a quiet but busy market town with a close community. |
| 1:57.0 | But 1998 would be a tragic year for the people of Oma. |
| 2:02.0 | That year, the town would be figuratively and literally ripped apart by two horrendous events. |
| 2:11.0 | Sylvia Fleming was born on the 11th of October 1980 and was the youngest of three sisters. |
| 2:18.0 | Her older sisters were raised initially by their father, but eventually it became apparent that he couldn't really look after them, and so they were all placed in voluntary care. |
| 2:28.0 | The three were kept together and developed a very close relationship. |
| 2:33.0 | Josephine or Josie, the eldest, became a mother figure for her younger sisters. |
| 2:38.0 | She reported that the three had endured some physical abuse during their early years in the fostering service, and because of this they relied heavily on one another to get through it. |
| 2:49.0 | They meant the world to one another, she said. |
| 2:52.0 | It's likely that this abuse in Sylvia's childhood impacted |
| 2:56.0 | her as she grew, particularly when it came to developing healthy relationships. She was vulnerable and would do nearly anything for approval and love. |
| 3:07.5 | Despite the difficult circumstances of her upbringing, Sylvia worked hard at school. |
| 3:17.8 | She was an artist and a popular kid. In 1997 she left school at the age of 16 and went on to study in a tech for hairdressing. After finishing this course, she went on to get her first job in a nursing home. |
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