S04E10 - James Patterson Smith (The Murder of Kelly-Anne Bates)

British Murders with Stuart Blues

Stuart Blues

True Crime

4.7 • 699 Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2021

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

In the tenth and final episode of British Murders Season 4, I tell the story of James Patterson Smith and Kelly-Anne Bates.⁣⁣⁣

On April 16, 1996, middle-aged James Smith drowned his 17-year-old girlfriend, Kelly-Anne, in the bath.⁣

Kelly-Anne had been brutally tortured by James for around 4 weeks prior to being murdered.⁣

Detective Sergeant Joseph Monaghan said he has never seen a case as horrific as this in his 15 years on the police force.⁣

James Smith was handed a life sentence on November 19, 1997, with a minimum term to serve of 20 years.⁣

This is one of the most brutal cases I’ve ever researched, so prepare yourself before listening.

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to British murders, the podcast that focuses exclusively on British
0:18.0	murder cases with an occasional glimpse at horror movies,
0:21.4	I'm your host Stuart Blues,
0:22.7	and this is the 10th episode of season four.
0:26.4	It's the finale, people.
0:28.5	I've recently had a few people reach out to me
0:30.8	because British murders was listed
0:32.9	as their number one listen-to podcast
0:35.4	on their Spotify-wrapped summaries.
0:37.8	It's incredible to think that people listen at all, never mind having me as their number
0:42.4	one.
0:43.1	Even top five, pretty special.
0:45.5	Number one, magic is weird.
0:49.5	People message me, you're my number one podcast.
0:52.2	I'm like, cool. I'm gonna joking. It's absolutely amazing.
0:57.1	Thank you to everyone that did reach out and let me know where I was on your list, especially
1:00.8	the ones where I was number one. An extra special thank you. This week, though, goes out to
1:06.0	listener Frankie Barnhart. I hope I'm saying that name right, Frankie. Frankie left a review of the show earlier in the year
1:13.3	and she said she knits whilst listening to British murders. She then reached out to me via
1:19.0	Instagram in July and said she would love to knit something for me. So we had a bit of a back and
1:25.4	forth and we thought, what should we do? Well, winter's
1:28.8	coming, maybe a hat, some gloves, obviously I've got my little girl, and we agreed on the
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