Hello and welcome to episode 398 of the UK True Crime Podcast, today from the northeast of England and involving terrifying levels of violence.

I'm Adam.

Let's set some context for our story with our guest the month in year game.

Number one in the UK and Australian charts was Rockabai from Clean Bandit.

In the US at number three was Star Boy from the weekend featuring Darth Punk.

And in the news this month the UN admitted that its peacekeepers were responsible

for the cholera epidemic in Haiti in 2010 that killed 30,000 people.

Is this organisation and other similar ones of any use any longer?

I don't think so do you.

Rogue one, the first of the Star Wars anthology films premiered in LA,

and the Russian ambassador to Turkey were shot dead at an art gallery in Ankara by Turkish gunman.

Remember that?

And in the UK it was a really, really sad day.

HMS illustrious, the last invincible class aircraft carrier, made its final and glorious

voyage out of ports of harbour to a ship recycling company in Turkey. And in UK to crime news, a riot occurred at H.M.

Birmingham described as the worst since the Strangeways Prison Riot and

protest of 1990.

Authorities regained control of all four wings after more than 12 hours of disorder

involving 600 inmates.

So, did you less a month in year?

It was December 2016. Of course it was.

Almost Michael Buble time.

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