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Slack.com slash DHQ. Hello and welcome to episode 217 of the UK True Crime Podcast. I'm Adam.

And in the words of Abba, I wish you a very happy new year.

I'm so out of partridge. Anyway, today's story from Milton Keynes has to be one of the

most extraordinary ones I have covered and it centers on greed. But before we begin, I'd

like to thank all my supporters on Patreon, especially this week's new members of this

exclusive club. That's Robin, Karen Madlum, Adam Stevens, Helena Bryan, Ellie, Julie

Bloom-Nye, Theo Wuno-Ecki, sorry Theo about my pronunciation, Peter Harnes, Zanth

Tha, Sue Harrison, Helena Ross and Deena Nubri. Thank you all so much for your support

which is really appreciated. And don't forget to mail me your post to the address so I can

send you some goodies. Okay, let's set some quick context as today's story is slightly

longer than normal by looking at the month and year. See if you can guess when it was.

Top of the UK and US charts with the Black Hyde P's we've got a feeling. You may know

it. In the news, absolute legend, Usain Bolt of Jamaica won the 100 and 200 meters at

the World Athletics Championships in Berlin and in UK through crime news, great train

robber Ronnie Bix, who was gravely ill, was granted release from prison on compassionate

grounds. Did you get the month and year? It was August 2009. A very significant time

for me, as just a couple of weeks later, my life would completely change forever based

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