Hello and welcome to this week's episode of the UK True Crime Podcast. I'm Adam.

Today's story is about an unlikely fraud by a charismatic taxi driver.

As we hear so often on this podcast, beneath the charm lay a calculated exploitation of trust,

particularly in a close-knit community, where personal relationships

became leverage, and deceit masqueraded as opportunity. This is a story about the power of

persuasion, the fragility of belief and the catastrophic consequences when both are manipulated

for personal gain.

But first let us set some context with a story with our guest the month and year game.

You ready?

Top of the UK music charts was Usher featuring Will I Am with OMG.

In the US it was Rude Boy from Rihanna in the top spot, and in Australia,

pink was it number one in the album charts with the greatest hits so far.

In the news this month, in golf it was the 74th US Masters Tournament.

Phil Michelson won his third green jacket by three strokes from England's Lee Westwood.

Iron Man 2 premiered at the cinema featuring Gwynne of Paltrow and Robert Downey Jr.

A cloud of volcanic ash from Iceland caused the closure of airspace over the UK and northern Western Europe.

Remember that?

ITV aired the first of three election debates between

Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Yes Nick Clegg. The debates were the first to be broadcast live

in the run-up to a UK general election. Policing and justice powers were devolved from Westminster to the Northern Ireland Executive this month, and there were lots of negatives in the UK at this time, but on a positive note, a really positive note, Adrian Charles presented his final edition of The One Show. So did you get the month and year? It was April 2010. Our story begins today in Bedoules, South Wales.

Bedouis lies around 10 miles north of Cardiff and just two miles northeast of Kaffili, and it's home to a tight

community of around 8,000000 residents.

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