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They Walk Among Us - UK True Crime

They Walk Among Us

True Crime

4.6 • 6.6K Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Ben John stood before a jury at Leicester Crown Court. The 21-year-old denied all seven of the charges he faced. John had been arrested around a year and a half earlier after the authorities had raided his flat in January 2020. Counter-Terrorism Policing East Midlands had been monitoring his online activity for some time. Although he was later released, an investigation by a Special Branch of Lincolnshire Police took most of the year with a team of forensic investigators trying to bring to light the dark secrets of Ben John’s digital life…

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0:00.0	This episode of They Walk Among us is sponsored by the True Crime Channel and the watch-free UK player
0:06.9	where you can watch the brand new series Murder UK.
0:11.7	Murder UK is a British true crime documentary series that explores the dark world of homicide.
0:18.7	Renowned criminologist and emeritus professor David Wilson takes viewers deep
0:23.6	into some of the UK's most chilling murder cases, uncovering the common threads that connect them,
0:29.8	and investigating the psychological and societal factors that drive individuals to kill.
0:36.2	Through expert analysis and in-depth case studies of different cases in each episode,
0:41.6	the series exposes the unadulterated reality of murder
0:45.2	and seeks to understand what compels someone to commit the ultimate crime.
0:50.7	Watch Murder UK on the True Crime Channel on Mondays and Tuesdays at 10pm,
0:56.6	or stream for free on any device on Watch Free UK streaming service.
1:22.5	Thank you. Welcome to They Walk Among Us, a podcast dedicated to UK True Crime.
1:30.6	This is the 16th in a series of short bonus episodes.
1:39.1	This episode contains distressing themes and descriptions of violence.
1:43.9	This podcast is intended for a mature audience.
1:47.2	Listener caution is advised.
1:57.0	They walk among us as seven of the charges he stood before a jury at Lester Crown Court.
2:22.2	The 21-year-old denied all seven of the charges he faced.
2:26.6	John had been arrested around a year and a half earlier after the authorities had raided his flat in January 2020.
2:34.1	Counter-terrorism policing East Midlands had been monitoring his online activity for some time.
2:42.2	He had been on their radar since 2018.
2:47.0	His computer and several hard drives were seized for examination.
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