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Murder Mile UK True Crime

#66 - Seydou Diarrassouba - Another Wasted Life (Oxford Street, London, W1)

Murder Mile UK True Crime

Murder Mile UK True-Crime Podcast

True Crime, English, Nglish, E, Uk, Crime, London, Society & Culture, Murder, Killer, True-crime, History, Personal Journals, British

4.71.9K Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2019

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

On Monday 26th December 2011, Seydou Diarrassouba was stabbed to death outside of Foot Locker on Oxford Street, he was a promising young man from a good solid family who had a great start in life, and yet, believing that he had to carry a knife, instead of becoming someone great, he became just another statistic.... and another wasted life.

  • Date: Tuesday 26th December 2011
  • Location: Foot Locker, 363 Oxford Street, London, W1 (was HMV, now vacant)
  • Victims: 1 (Seydou Diarrassouba)
  • Culprit: Jermaine Joseph (found not guilty)


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0:00.0

Welcome to Murder Mile, a true crime podcast, an audio-guided walk,

0:13.2

featuring many of London's untold, unsolved, and long-forgotten murders,

0:19.1

all set within London's West End.

0:23.5

Today's episode is about Sedu Dirusuba, a promising young man from a good, solid family,

0:31.8

and having had a great start in life, he was popular, educated and bright,

0:39.6

but believing that he had to carry a knife,

0:48.8

instead of becoming someone great, he became just another statistic. Murdomal is researched using the original sources. It contains moments of satire, shock and grisly details.

1:00.0

And as a dramatization of the real events, it may also feature loud and realistic sounds.

1:06.8

So that, no matter where you listen to this podcast, you'll feel like you're actually there.

1:13.6

My name is Michael. I am your tour guide and this is Murder Mile. Episode 66, Sedu Durasuba, another wasted life.

1:20.6

Today, I'm standing on Oxford Street, W1.

1:33.3

Two streets south east of the flat where Marion Lee Smith was stabbed to death by her brain damaged son.

1:40.3

Two blocks east of the Mount Royal Hotel, where Helen Mary Pickford died after a horrifically botched abortion,

1:48.5

and two streets north of the curious death of the flamboyant millionaire, Roberto Trojan, coming soon to Murder.

1:59.6

As the busiest shopping district in Britain, Oxford Street draws more than 200 million

2:03.6

visitors every year, lured by its bright lights, scammed by its oversized signs, and duped

2:11.1

by the totally false discounts, only to waste a day trawling the same high street stores they

2:16.6

could ignore anywhere else.

2:18.3

Whilst jostled by deodorant dodgers, pavement ditherers, golf sale guys, and Satan's screaming spawn.

2:25.3

Although horrifically busy on Saturdays, Oxford Street is worse during National Dickhead Week, a fictional event known by retailers

2:37.2

as the January sales. Beginning in December, and soon in June, the sales see swarms of red-faced

2:45.4

morons, scrabbling to buy last season's shit, saved from the skip, solely so they can brag to their

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