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Shortly before 8 am, on March 30th, 2009, Craig Freear was getting ready to leave his home on Ashbourne Road in Bradford. While his partner Neville was still in bed, Craig quietly approached the front door to set off for work. As the door opened, Craig found himself face to face with a man holding a double-barrel shotgun. Taking a step back through the threshold of the house, Craig recognised the gunman’s eyes through the holes of his balaclava...
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0:17.4 | This episode contains distressing themes and descriptions of violence. |
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0:36.5 | Surely before 8am on March 30th, 2009, Craig Freer was getting ready to leave his home on Ashbourne Road in Bradford. |
0:47.7 | While his partner Neville was still in bed, Craig quietly approached the front door to set off for work. |
0:55.7 | As the door opened, Craig found himself face to face with a man holding a double-barrel |
1:01.9 | shotgun. Taking a step back through the threshold of the house, Craig recognized the gunman's |
1:09.6 | eyes through the holes of his balaclava. |
1:14.6 | Welcome to Season 9, Episode 18 of They Walk Among Us, a podcast dedicated to UK True Crime. |
1:31.1 | That true crime. 31-year-old Craig Freer couldn't keep steady on his feet as he stumbled backwards into the hallway. |
1:39.3 | The masked gunman rush forward, pushing the heavy front door open with such force that it slammed against |
1:46.0 | the wall. |
1:47.8 | 44-year-old Neville Corby heard the noise from his bedroom and immediately rushed onto the |
1:53.8 | landing calling out for Craig. |
1:57.1 | Neville was dressed just in his underwear as he saw Craig paralysed by fear at the bottom |
2:02.7 | off the stairs. |
2:04.9 | He shouted at the gunman and asked him what he was doing. |
2:10.0 | Without warning the gunman aimed the shotgun at Craig and then to Neville before he pulled |
2:15.4 | the trigger. |
2:17.3 | The shotgun pellet struck Neville in the chest, knocking him backwards onto the stairs. |
2:23.9 | Before the attacker could take aim again, Craig scrambled up the stairs and locked himself in the |
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