#42 - The Death of David West by David West
Murder Mile UK True Crime
Murder Mile UK True-Crime Podcast
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🗓️ 6 September 2018
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
On the afternoon of Friday 12th December 2014, in Ormond Yard, a quiet back-street at the back of a garish restaurant called Abracadabra, larger-than-life businessman David West Senior was brutally stabbed to death by his diligent business partner and beloved son – David West Junior. But why?
- Date: Friday 12th December 2014
- Location: 8 Ormond Yard, Piccadilly, London, SW1
- Victims: 1 (David West Snr)
- Culprit: David West Jnr
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| 1:07.0 | Today's episode is about David West, two David Wests in fact, a father and son, with Dave Senior being a self-made millionaire, |
| 1:19.4 | and Dave Junior being the future heir to his empire. |
| 1:23.0 | And yet, it wasn't greed which ruined their lives, |
| 1:27.0 | but a strange and very familiar love. |
| 1:31.0 | Murder Mile contains satire, as well as upsetting details which may make the |
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| 1:57.0 | Episode 42 The Death of David West by David West. |
| 2:03.0 | Today I'm standing in a yard |
| 2:11.0 | today I'm standing in Ormond Yard just off Piccadilly Circus, one road west of St |
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