Best Laid Plans - Part 4

The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast

The True Crime Enthusiast

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🗓️ 11 March 2026

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

I bring the Best Laid Plans story to a conclusion this time around on The True Crime Enthusiast, where we hear the outcome of the trial of Arkan Ali, Aram Kurd and Hawkar Hassan over the explosion which killed Mary, Sean and Shane Ragobeer, Leah Reek, and Viktorija Ijevleva, and what has happened in the intervening years concerning the families of those who lost their lives, as well as the legacies that live on.

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.

Music used in this episode: "The Descent" by Kevin Macleod. All music used is sourced from https://filmmusic.io/ and used under an Attribution Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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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. Discover your next true crime obsession at alwaystruecrime.com. The The
0:23.6	The The
0:40.3	The Hello all and the very warmest of welcomes to the True Crime Enthusiast podcast.
1:11.8	That time of the week where North Wales's premier true crime enthusiast from the Rexham area
1:16.8	comes to you with a tale or tales of true crime from the UK, even worldwide,
1:23.1	that I've sought out for their sheer horror, unfamiliarity or randomness, tales that more often than not
1:29.7	haven't been covered to death, excuse the pun, in every other series in creation.
1:35.6	I am as ever Paul, the creator host and true crime enthusiast of the show's title.
1:40.2	Like Michael Knight, I too am accompanied by a kit, but in this case, my beloved true crime
1:45.7	enthusiacat, Peaksie, and both me and the Peaks, are completed by yourselves the enthusiasts that
1:52.4	we both do the show for. It's as simple as that. It is as amazing as always having you join us today,
1:58.3	which I thank you kindly for doing so, and I hope that as you
2:01.4	have, then it's for a tale that finds you and yours all good, all safe, and all well.
2:09.9	There comes here, then, the concluding part of best laid plans, where for the previous three
2:15.2	episodes, I've brought you the account of the horror of
2:18.1	Sunday 25th of February 2018, where at 7.01 p.m., the area of Hinkley Road in the city of
2:26.2	Lester was rocked by a massive explosion that completely destroyed the Zabka convenience store,
2:32.9	located at 253 Hinkley Road and the two-story flat above it.
2:39.2	The explosion killed five people, 46-year-old Mary Ragabier, her 17-year-old sons, Sean and Shane's
2:49.0	girlfriend, 18-year-old Learreek, and 22-year-old Victoria Evlova,
2:55.4	who was in the shop at the time of the blast.
2:59.0	It would have been horror enough had it been an accident, but it was very quickly determined
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