A Shocking Murder: Episode 388
UK True Crime Podcast
UK True Crime Podcast
4.3 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 30 April 2024
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
Lisa’s mum Margaret decided to head to Lisa’s house on her way to the shops to see how she was as they lived very close to each other. She let herself into Lisa house just like she has so many times before on this ordinary day. But there was nothing ordinary about this day.
Not long before, 55 year old Leroy Campbell had climbed into Lisa’s first floor bedroom using a ladder. Unbeknown to Lisa, three days earlier whilst wandering the local area, looking for someone to attack, he had clocked that Lisa lived alone and had identified her as someone he would attack. And this morning was the day he chose to carry out his attack...
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Sources
https://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmiprobation/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/09/HMI-Probation-Independent-Review-LC-Final-.pdf
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-48709283
https://juliebindel.substack.com/p/when-convicted-sexual-predator-leroy
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/lisa-skidmore-leroy-campbell-prison-probation-service-a8533151.html
https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/lisaskidmoremagicmoments?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR2Nkz_SNFCCykYyi5UJo8IMirieoa_NBSmyX74cgD5wPqkQe0E7e2L2P14_aem_AfmbPy_sNT4XNVM8y80KwYtaf5fWXxFehRntF3X6irRMZRVyyd6oMAkBcfIq1UvCW3nV7dZ9nRKOABYKmqwiJYJT
https://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/wolverhampton/bilston/2019/04/10/murder-victims-family-pay-for-disney-trips/
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/jun/21/police-probation-failings-contributed-lisa-skidmore-murder-inquest-finds
https://metro.co.uk/2019/06/11/serial-rapist-murdered-nurse-freed-excellent-progress-prison-9898968/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/you/article-7058565/Why-monster-free-kill-Lisa-Skidmore.html
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Politics-Edge-Memoir-Rory-Stewart/dp/1787332713
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| 0:00.0 | Have you ever felt like escaping to your own desert island? |
| 0:03.8 | Jane Gaskin did exactly that, |
| 0:06.2 | trading in the family home to begin a new life in the tropics. |
| 0:09.9 | But she soon discovers that Paradise has its secrets. |
| 0:13.4 | I'm Alice Levine, and this is the price of Paradise, |
| 0:17.8 | the island dream that ends in kidnap, corruption, and murder. Wish you were here. Follow the price of Paradise Now wherever |
| 0:26.7 | you listen to podcasts. Hello and welcome to episode 388 of the UK True Crime Podcast, I'm Adam. |
| 0:38.0 | Thank you so much for taking the time to join me today. |
| 0:41.0 | As you know, the cases I cover come from a variety of sources with many suggested by you and I always encourage you to let me know which stories you like me to cover. |
| 0:50.0 | This one today was inspired by ex-politician and now successful podcaster |
| 0:54.9 | Rory Stewart his book which I would recommend by the way |
| 0:58.7 | When he was at the Ministry of Justice he said that this case shocked him to the core and it really is the |
| 1:04.3 | absolute stuff of nightmares. Okay so let's quickly set some contexts with our |
| 1:10.3 | guess the month in the year game. Top of the UK music charts were a clean bandit with rockabai. |
| 1:17.0 | The first artist I can pronounce of any certainty in the US charts was it number five. |
| 1:22.0 | It was DJ Snake and friend of the show The Beeba with Let Me Love You, |
| 1:27.0 | Let Me Love You, Let Me Love You, Let Me Love You. |
| 1:30.0 | And in Australia the number one spot was James Arthur with Say You Won't Let Go. |
| 1:35.1 | This month saw the TV series The Grand Tour premiered on Amazon Prime Video. |
| 1:39.9 | It starred Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May. |
| 1:44.0 | Donald Trump was elected the 45th President of the US defeating Hillary Clinton |
| 1:51.2 | with an Electoral College victory of 304 to 227. |
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