#260 - Cellmates (Shepherd's Bush, London, UK)
Murder Mile UK True Crime
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🗓️ 27 June 2024
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Summary
#260 - Cellmates.
On Saturday 23rd of June 1979, a decision was made for two prisoners to share a cell at wormwood Scrubs prison. One was convicted of a driving offence, and the other was a psychopath convicted of murder.
- Date: Sunday 24th of June 1979, at just before 8am (body found)
- Location: Wormwood Scrubs Prison, DuCane Road, Shepherd's Bush, London, England, W12
- Victim: 1 (Paul Lehair)
- Culprit: 2 (Vincent Richard Smith)
- Method of death: suffocation and stragulation
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Murder Mile. |
| 0:10.0 | Today, I'm standing outside of Wormwood Scrubbs Prison in DuPain Road, W12. |
| 0:19.0 | One road south of the death of Lena Cunningham. |
| 0:23.6 | Two roads north of the child rapist Bernard Cooper. |
| 0:27.6 | The same street as the infamous police massacre |
| 0:31.6 | and a short walk from the squawk. |
| 0:35.6 | Coming soon to murder mile. |
| 0:42.3 | Designed by Edmund Ducane, Worm at Scrobs' prison was built in 1875, |
| 0:48.3 | on Scrubland, named after a herb used to eradicate parasitic worms, which of course our painfully biased |
| 0:58.4 | tabloids love to draw a comparison to as these flag-waven bigots spew their bow to their readers |
| 1:05.4 | that most of the convicts in there are foreigners, and your taxes are paying for it. |
| 1:11.6 | Even though most of the assholes who run the tabloids are foreigners, |
| 1:16.6 | whose own personal income is registered overseas, so they pay no taxes. |
| 1:22.6 | Oh the irony. |
| 1:28.9 | As one of 32 Victorian prisons still operational in England and Wales, |
| 1:35.0 | after 149 years, Wormwood Scrubs still houses over 1,000 Category B male prisoners |
| 1:42.0 | for crimes ranging from theft to rape to murder. |
| 1:47.8 | With a mixture of single and shared selves, careful consideration is often given when mixing |
| 1:53.6 | prisoners charged with different offences. |
| 1:58.3 | On Saturday, the 23rd of June, 1979, a decision was made for two prisoners to share a cell. |
| 2:06.7 | One was convicted of a trivial matter, and the other was a psychopath convicted of murder. |
| 2:16.1 | My name is Michael. I'm your tall guide and this is Murder Mile. Episode 260, Cellmates. |
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