Hello and welcome to episode 20 of the UK True Crime Weekly Podcast. I'm Adam.

If you haven't looked already, one of our listeners, Maggie, has kindly written an excellent

review on a book about Dennis Nielsen by Brian Masters. That's on the written blog at

www.uktruecrime.com. Go and take a look. If you'd like to review a book or post any other

content on our blog or on the podcast for that matter, please do contact me and voice

delighted to hear from listeners to this podcast who wants to become involved.

Today we head to Newport in South Wales, the year 2011. Nikita Grenda was born in Newport

on the 19th December 1991. Her parents, Marcia and Paul, they were young parents, in fact only

teenagers when she was born. But they dooted on Nikita and her brother Luke when he arrived

a few years later. Nikita was a particularly beautiful young girl with big brown eyes and

golden hair, later to turn Mahogany Brown, and an exceptionally pretty face. As she grew

up, she became obsessed by Mr. Blobby. Remember him? Another creation of the genius of

no-lemmons? Now if you don't know who I mean, check out the song on YouTube that's Mr.

Blobby. Nikita's passion for Blobby led her to insist her parents bought her Mr. Blobby

curtains and bedding, although luckily this early love was quickly replaced by the spice

girls. After she turned 16 and left school, Nikita initially started working in hairdressers,

but sweeping the floor and making tea wasn't really for her and she quickly left. She

signed up with a recruitment agency who found her a role with High Street Retailer, New

Look. This was totally different work and she loved it, especially as fashion conscious

Nikita got a discount on clothes from the store. Nikita was 15 when she first met Ryan,

who was two years her junior and he was her first serious boyfriend. Despite herring

an on-off relationship for almost four years, Ryan and Nikita took the decision to live

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