A Friendship Turned Fatal: The Lockdown Murder of Phoenix Netts | Ep. 232
British Murders with Stuart Blues
Stuart Blues
4.6 • 876 Ratings
🗓️ 19 February 2026
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
On May 12, 2020, during the first Covid lockdown, police were called to a quiet stretch of road in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. Officers had already stopped a car for breaching lockdown rules and issued a fixed penalty notice. But just a short distance away, sitting at the side of the road in the darkness, were two suitcases. Inside were human remains.
At the centre of this story are two women living in a shared house in Lozells, Birmingham - Phoenix Netts and Gareeca Gordon. Phoenix had taken Gordon under her wing, and to the outside world, they were simply friends sharing accommodation during a national crisis. But behind closed doors, tensions were rising, boundaries were being crossed, and one of them was becoming increasingly afraid.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Always True Crime, a podcast network bringing you gripping real-life stories that you won't be able to stop thinking about. |
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| 0:14.4 | On May 12, 2020, during the first COVID lockdown, police were called to a quiet stretch of road in the |
| 0:21.6 | Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. Officers had already stopped a car for breaching lockdown rules |
| 0:27.1 | and issued a fixed penalty notice, but just a short distance away, sitting at the side of the road |
| 0:33.1 | in the darkness, were two suitcases. Inside were human remains. At the center of this story |
| 0:41.4 | are two women living in a shared house in Lozelles, Birmingham, 28-year-old Phoenix Nets and 27-year-old |
| 0:49.2 | Garika Gordon. Phoenix had taken Gordon under her wing, and to the outside world they were simply |
| 0:56.0 | friends sharing accommodation during a national crisis. But behind closed doors, tensions were |
| 1:02.6 | rising, boundaries were being crossed, and one of them was becoming increasingly scared. |
| 1:08.9 | In this episode of British Murders with Stuart Blues, I take a chronological look at the |
| 1:14.0 | murder of Phoenix Nets. |
| 1:16.4 | It's a case that began with a routine traffic stop and soon unraveled into something |
| 1:22.0 | calculated, disturbing and deeply tragic. |
| 1:26.2 | It's a story about rejection, obsession and the devastating consequences |
| 1:31.1 | of someone refusing to take no for an answer. Before we begin, please take a moment to follow |
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| 2:07.2 | Phoenix Nets was 28 years old when she died, having been born on August 4th, |
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