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Australian True Crime

How Clare became a victim and what happened next

Australian True Crime

Meshel Laurie

True Crime

4.6979 Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

In 2008, Clare awoke in the.middle of the night to two violent men invading her house, demanding the code to her boyfriend's safe.


This episode is the story of Clare's life up until now. A story involving mental illness, drugs and abusive men. It's also a story of recovery, support and family.


If you have been affected by anything discussed in this episode you can contact:


Lifeline on 13 11 14


13 YARN on 13 92 76 (24/7 crisis support phone line for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people)


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CREDITS:


Host: Meshel Laurie. You can find her on Instagram 


Guests: Clare


Producer/Editor: Matthew Tankard


Recorded at a Hub Australia Media Studio. Find the workspace that's right for you at https://www.hubaustralia.com/


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Transcript

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0:00.0

We're bringing Australian True Crime live to Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne this July,

0:04.3

and I have to tell you that Brisbane sold out already.

0:07.4

Good for you, Brisbane, so we've quickly added a second show.

0:10.3

Now we can't keep adding more shows, so please make sure you get your tickets. Our special guests,

0:15.2

our forensic criminologist Santee Mallet in Brisbane and Sydney and the one and only Charlie Bazzina in

0:19.9

Melbourne. There'll be a Q&A of course so you can ask your own burning questions on the night but you have to book quickly.

0:25.9

The producers of this podcast recognize the traditional owners of the land on which it's recorded.

0:37.0

They pay respect to the Aboriginal elders past, present and those emerging.

0:47.0

The following podcast contains content of a graphic violent nature and is not suitable for children.

0:54.0

I said whatever I thought the numbers might be and

0:58.0

one guy went over to the safe to put these numbers in

1:01.0

and then they yelled again,

1:03.0

it's not working, it's not working.

1:05.2

I said the only, like literally my only chance

1:08.5

was to do it myself, maybe give me a chance to put some numbers in, you know, I might get the code right if I'm looking at the grid.

1:16.4

He was really reluctant, he got off my back and he said, I'll let you get up onto all fours, and then walk back off the bed.

1:26.5

And like he will instruct me over to the safe, but he just said, do it slowly.

1:31.1

And he just kept reiterating it, gun gun into my head so if I made any moves you'd shoot me.

1:40.7

Claire and I had a very long conversation and for a lot of reasons there are bits of it that she isn't comfortable sharing.

1:47.0

There are some things from Claire's childhood that she does want you to know for context though,

1:51.0

before we hear the main story she's here to tell.

1:53.1

Claire developed severe anxiety and obsessive compulsive disorder in very early childhood.

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