Episode 111 - Tortured to Death: Kelly Anne Bates

RedHanded

Wondery | RedHanded

True Crime

4.5 • 18.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2019

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

On the 16th of April 1996 James Patterson Smith walked into Gorton police station and told officers that his 17 year old girlfriend had drowned in the bath. This was of course a lie; Kelly Anne had sustained weeks of torture at the hands of Smith - and her story left even seasoned detectives and pathologists lost for words. So brutal was the crime that it was the first time in Manchester Crown Court that jurors were offered counselling, every single one accepted.

This week’s episode is not for the faint of heart.

Sources:

Britain's Darkest Taboos doc on Kelly Anne's case:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SRFU2mMQg8&t=2553s

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0:12.3	Hey everyone, quick announcement before we kick off today's show. As you all definitely know by now,
0:17.7	we're on our first ever UK tour. And to celebrate this, we're launching brand new much.
0:22.8	So for those of you who didn't get the chance to come see us on the road, or of course for those of you who did
0:27.8	that prefer your shopping online, the new merch store opens on Monday the 16th of September.
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0:39.2	So not only will you be the first to know when the store goes live,
0:42.7	but you'll also get an exclusive 10% discount of your first order. We'll leave a link to the shop
0:48.4	in the episode description. Now on with the show.
0:58.8	I'm Saruuti. I'm Hannah and welcome to Redhanded.
1:08.9	So usual message, guys, this is a one week now before we're on tour.
1:14.8	Well, when this comes out, it will be like four days or something equally terrifying.
1:19.0	The first show again. This is the first day the first show is on the Monday. Deep breaths.
1:24.4	I mean, I assume I'm fine by then. The future is Saruuti. It's fine.
1:31.2	It's like, well, exactly 14 days today. So I'm like, that's fine.
1:35.2	Oh, holy shit. Yeah, it is. That's two weeks away.
1:38.4	All fortnight away.
1:42.0	What we're doing, all right. We've had notes. Our Australian expert came in and gave us some
1:46.8	top tips, some chopped tips, which was great to have another set of eyes on it,
1:50.2	because we've just been in a dark room, actually talking at each other.
1:53.6	And you guys are buying tickets all over the place. It's great. It's so good.
1:58.2	Buy some more though. That'll be great. You haven't already. You should definitely buy them.
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