Murder At The Birthday Party: Episode 503
UK True Crime Podcast
UK True Crime Podcast
4.3 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 24 April 2026
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
50-year-old Robert Powell was brutally murdered outside a party in Essex in what investigators believed was a planned, targeted hit - carried out in front of his two sons. A truly shocking and deeply distressing crime.
Thanks to determined and meticulous police work, the main suspect, Nana Oppong (pictured), was tracked down after fleeing the UK immediately after the killing. He travelled to Spain, before attempting to cross into Morocco hidden in the back of a lorry, using a fake Maltese passport. He was intercepted at Tangier Port and returned to the UK to face justice.
Oppong later stood trial for Powell’s murder - but his courtroom history added a dramatic twist. On three previous occasions, he had faced murder charges…and been acquitted every time. Would this be the fourth?
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| 0:00.0 | Your true crime episode will start in just a moment. |
| 0:04.0 | This show is part of the Always True Crime Network of podcasts, and there's loads of investigative |
| 0:09.0 | series to get stuck into. |
| 0:11.1 | Like codename Badger, that tells the story of a family whose lives change forever when a |
| 0:15.6 | stranger arrived on their doorstep claiming that what they knew about their late husband and father |
| 0:20.5 | was a lie. |
| 0:21.6 | It's a tale of espionage and deception spanning seven decades. |
| 0:25.6 | Or the Mystic in the Mayor takes you to a small French coastal town that plunged into chaos |
| 0:31.6 | when the world discovers what happens when political power and supernatural forces collide. Set in an idyllic holiday destination, |
| 0:41.0 | this case shatters the serenity of a small town. Search for always true crime and get your next |
| 0:46.6 | true crime series lined up to play next. I'm not the devil. I save someone's life. This is a quote from one of the men accused of |
| 0:56.5 | murder today, who is unbelievably facing his fourth murder charge having been found not guilty |
| 1:02.8 | on the previous three occasions. Hello and welcome to episode 503 of the UK True Crime Podcast. I'm Adam. |
| 1:13.2 | Today we look at a shocking murder in Essex and suspects who fled the country to Europe and |
| 1:18.9 | Africa in an attempt to escape justice. But first, let's quickly set some context for our story |
| 1:25.6 | today with our guests a month and year game. |
| 1:28.4 | You ready? |
| 1:29.8 | At number two in the UK charts, it was Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande with Rain on Me and the single Top the US charts. |
| 1:38.0 | In Australia, the top album was, again, Lady Gaga, with Crow Massacre. |
| 1:43.4 | In the news this month in the US there was a |
| 1:45.7 | 10th night of protests around the country following the death of George Floyd in police custody. |
| 1:52.2 | Support from Manchester United player Marcus Rashford and others forced the UK government to make |
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