Historic Crime / The Trials Of Harold Jones - Part 2
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🗓️ 28 July 2024
⏱️ 42 minutes
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PLEASE LISTEN TO ‘SEASON 9 - EPISODE 22’ FOR PART ONE OF THIS TWO-PART CASE. The town of Abertillery in South Wales had been rocked by the brutal murder of an eight-year-old girl. A 15-year-old shop assistant had been arrested and accused of killing Freda Burnell, but a jury found him not guilty. While many in the town felt that justice had prevailed when Harold Jones was acquitted, the declaration of his innocence meant that a child killer was still at large… (Part 2 of 2).
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| 0:00.0 | This episode contains distressing themes and descriptions of violence. |
| 0:13.7 | This podcast is intended for a mature audience. |
| 0:18.3 | Listener caution is advised. |
| 0:31.8 | The town of Abbottelair in South Wales had been rocked by the brutal murder of an eight-year-old girl. A 15-year-old shop assistant had been arrested and accused of killing Frieda Bernal, |
| 0:39.2 | but a jury found him not guilty. |
| 0:42.8 | While many in the town felt that justice had prevailed when Harold Jones was acquitted, |
| 0:49.0 | the declaration of his innocence meant that a child killer was still a large. |
| 0:57.0 | Welcome to Season 9, Episode 23 of They Walk Among Us, a podcast dedicated to UK True Crime. |
| 1:08.1 | Please listen to Season 9, Episode 22 for Part 1 of this two-part case. |
| 1:22.6 | 11-year-old Florence Irene Little, known as Flory, was the eldest child of Arthur and Elsie Little. |
| 1:31.7 | The family lived on Darren Road, which overlooked Apatilary. |
| 1:36.9 | The minor strike men times were tough. Arthur had been out of work for months, and occasionally |
| 1:43.5 | the family relied on a soup kitchen. |
| 1:47.0 | On Friday, July 8, 1921, Flory spent the evening studying for a county school scholarship exam. |
| 1:56.0 | A younger brother Cyril was ill after a bad fall at the soup kitchen and it had been too hot to play outside. |
| 2:04.5 | The family had supper together before Flory and her younger sister Lily went out to play hopscotch |
| 2:10.5 | with friends Ivy Pavey and Flossy Jones. It was around 9.30pm. Arthur Little watched his daughters play together, then went back |
| 2:22.2 | in to check on Cyril. At 10pm Arthur's wife Elsie went outside to call the girls in, but she could |
| 2:30.1 | only see Lily. Elsie asked where Flory was, and Lily said she had gone home with Flossie |
| 2:37.6 | Jones. Elsie walked a few doors down to the Joneses. She had known Floss's mother, Nellie Jones, |
| 2:47.0 | since they were young, so Elsie usually just walked in without knocking, but the door |
| 2:52.3 | was locked. Elsie knocked on the door and waited for what felt like an eternity before knocking |
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