Best Laid Plans - Part 2
The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast
The True Crime Enthusiast
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🗓️ 4 March 2026
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
The horrific explosion in Leicester, on 25th February 2018, which claimed the lives of five people, would have been terrible enough were it a tragic accident - but, what made it much worse, more inhumane, is that by just three days after the blast, police were convinced that it had been a deliberate act, and soon afterwards, charges were raised against three men for this - Arkan Ali, Hawkar Hassan, and Aram Kurd - the store's propreitor.
This time around, in the second part of Best Laid Plans, i bring you the first part of the account of their resulting trial.
The episode contains details and descriptions of crimes and events, including descriptions of injury detail, that some listeners may find disturbing or distressing, so discretion is advised whilst listening in.
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| 0:00.0 | We'll get into your true crime show in just a moment. |
| 0:04.0 | Here's what's new from the Always True Crime Network. |
| 0:06.0 | On the True Crime enthusiast, we head to Leicester, where an explosion in 2017 claimed five lives |
| 0:12.0 | and uncovered a chilling plot linked to an insurance scam. |
| 0:15.0 | British murders examines the disturbing case of Phoenix Nats, whose body was discovered concealed in two |
| 0:22.2 | suitcases in the Forest of Dean. And in our newest series, Codename Badger, The Mystery Deepens. |
| 0:28.5 | In the latest episode, we find out what happens next for Josephine and her family after a stranger |
| 0:33.7 | arrived on their doorstep and changed their lives forever with a shocking revelation. If you're looking for your next true crime listen, we've got you covered. Line it up to play straight after this one. I'm The |
| 0:57.0 | The The |
| 1:13.6 | The Hello all and the absolute warmest of welcomes to the true crime enthusiast podcast, where each time around from the comfort of my North Wales spare room, I bring tales of true crime that are unfamiliar, often unbelievable or long forgotten ones from the darkest recesses that the world has to offer. |
| 1:58.0 | Doing so is myself, Paul, the creator host and true crime enthusiast of the show's title. |
| 2:03.0 | I am accompanied as ever by my feline cinema, my beloved true crime enthusiacat, Peexie, and me and |
| 2:09.1 | Peexie are completed by yourselves, the wonderful enthusiasts that drive the show forward |
| 2:14.6 | constantly. It is just as simple as that. It's as fabulous as always having you |
| 2:19.4 | join us today, which I thank you kindly for doing so. And I hope that as you have, then you join us |
| 2:24.9 | for a tale that finds you and yours all good, all safe and all well. So it comes here then the second part of best-laid plans, a tale that in the first part |
| 2:38.3 | I brought you an account of the terrible and tragic events that took place on the evening |
| 2:43.1 | of Sunday, February the 25th, 2018 in the city of Leicester. |
| 2:48.0 | When at 7.01pm, an explosion completely destroyed the Polish |
| 2:53.7 | Zabka shop, located at the city's 253 Hinkley Road, and the two-floor flat that was above it. |
| 3:02.6 | The destruction was, as you've heard, massive, and sadly resulted in the deaths of five people. |
| 3:09.3 | 48-year-old Mary Ragobier, her 17- and 18-year-old sons, Sean and Shane, |
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