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Voices for Justice

Julie Ward

Voices for Justice

Sarah Turney

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.89K Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

The 1988 murder of Julie Ward and her family’s journey to get her justice is inspiring and tragic. Many people have been charged with her murder, but none have been convicted. Julie’s father, John Ward, spent 35 years and millions of dollars fighting for justice and was able to elicit investigations that proved both the Kenyan and British governments took action to cover up the murder of his daughter. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Metropolitan Police https://www.met.police.uk/ro/report/ For more information about the show, visit VoicesforJusticePodcast.com. Follow us on social media: Twitter: @VFJPod Instagram: @VoicesforJusticePodcast TikTok: @VoicesforJusticePodcast Facebook: @VoicesforJusticePodcast Voices for Justice is hosted by Sarah Turney Twitter: @SarahETurney Instagram: @SarahETurney TikTok: @SarahETurney Facebook: @SarahETurney YouTube: @SarahTurney Thank you to our Sponsor, June's Journey. Escape into a world of mystery! Download June’s Journey for free today on iOS and Android The introduction music used in Voices for Justice is Thread of Clouds by Blue Dot Sessions. Outro music is Melancholic Ending by Soft and Furious. The track used for ad transitions is Pinky by Blue Dot Sessions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Voices for Justice is a podcast that uses adult language and discusses sensitive and

0:06.3

potentially triggering topics including violence, abuse, and murder.

0:11.7

This podcast may not be appropriate for younger audiences. All parties are innocent until

0:16.5

proven guilty in a court of law. Some names have been changed or omitted per their request or for safety

0:21.8

purposes.

0:23.2

Listener discretion is advised.

0:26.6

My name is Sarah Turnie and this is Voices for Justice. justice.

0:35.0

Today I'm discussing the case of Julie Ward.

0:38.0

Julie's case and her family's journey to get her justice is tragic and inspiring. Many people have been charged with

0:46.1

Julie's murder but none have been convicted. Her dad John spent 35 years and over 2 million pounds fighting for justice.

0:57.0

In the end, he proved that both the Kenyan and British governments took action to cover up Julie's murder.

1:05.0

This is the case of Julie Ward.

1:09.0

Julianne Ward was born on April 20th, 1960 in Suffolk, England.

1:15.2

She was the oldest child of John and Jan Ward.

1:19.1

After Julie came two sons, Tim and Bob. John Ward was a self-made millionaire. After serving in the Royal Air Force in the early 1950s,

1:30.0

he saw the world's fascination with coffee shops and decided to open one himself.

1:35.6

He then expanded to a second location, and eventually by the mid-1960s he began purchasing

1:41.8

hotels that he then sold.

1:44.0

John made a good amount of money from the sale and decided to retire to California,

1:49.0

at least for a while.

1:51.0

Like many entrepreneurs, retirement bored him.

1:54.9

So he took his family back to Britain and founded the Butterfly Hotel Group.

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