Can I tell you a secret? Episode six: the winding clock

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The Guardian

Society & Culture, Documentary

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

As the years tick by, journalist Sirin Kale speaks to victims and those who know Matthew to ask whether his stalking will ever truly end

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0:00.0	This is The Guardian.
0:05.2	Just before we begin, this is a podcast series about stalking and some people might find parts
0:11.8	of it difficult to listen to.
0:19.2	Over this series, we followed the impact of Matthew Hardy through over a decade of his stalking,
0:25.5	a decade which culminated in what's believed by police to be the longest ever sentence handed out to a cyberstalker in a UK court.
0:34.6	Since we started making this podcast, Matthew has been granted permission to appeal his sentence.
0:41.7	But Matthew being behind bars isn't the end of this story.
0:52.2	Hi, hi Jill.
0:54.0	Hi, I'm Sharon hi I'm Sharon.
0:55.0	I'm Lucy, hello.
0:57.0	Nice to meet you.
0:59.0	Wow, your home is so beautiful.
1:02.0	Thank you.
1:03.0	Is that, what's in your garden?
1:05.0	Is that like a shed?
1:07.0	Yeah, so this is our gym, which we built through COVID.
1:11.5	So come out. Wow, I do.
1:12.8	It's a shame.
1:16.8	Everything's very heavily locked everywhere.
1:19.0	You all notice.
1:20.0	Yes, we've got this.
1:22.1	Oh, God.
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