S06E10 | Ian O'Callaghan | The Murder of Shirley Leach
British Murders with Stuart Blues
Stuart Blues
4.7 • 699 Ratings
🗓️ 24 August 2022
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
In the tenth and final episode of British Murders Season 6, I tell the story of Ian O'Callaghan.
On January 6, 1994, Ian O'Callaghan attacked, sexually assaulted, murdered and mutilated 66-year-old widow and grandma Shirley Leach at Bury Interchange.
In September 2001, Ian exposed himself to an 11-year-old girl before raping her a few days later.
He remained a free man until February 2006, when he was arrested for drink-driving. His DNA was taken and matched a blood sample from the crime scene in 1994.
He was handed a life sentence in 2006 with a minimum term of 28 years for the murder of Shirley Leach, with a 16-year concurrent sentence handed to him in 2016 for the rape of the 11-year-old after she came forward and informed the police of what had happened.
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David John Brady - 'Throw Down the Gauntlet'
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Hindenberg PRO
Edited in:
DaVinci Resolve 18
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| 0:00.0 | You are now listening to British Murders. |
| 0:03.5 | Let's for a podcast. |
| 0:18.4 | Hello everyone and welcome to British Murders, the podcast that focuses exclusively on British murder cases and serial killers. |
| 0:26.2 | I'm your host Stuart Blues and this is the 10th and final episode of season six. |
| 0:31.8 | I hope you enjoyed last week's episode focusing on the crimes of killer mum Louise Porton. |
| 0:37.1 | I appreciate it likely wasn't an easy listen, |
| 0:39.7 | especially for any fellow parents. Before we get into this week's episode, let's break the ice |
| 0:44.7 | as always. The show's opening icebreaker segment is this. Welcome to Daddy Facts. And here is this |
| 0:51.8 | week's Dad Fact. The famous line from The Terminator, |
| 0:56.2 | I'll be back, was originally written as I will come back. |
| 1:01.5 | Hmm. |
| 1:02.7 | Makes me think of that outtake from Parks and Recreation. |
| 1:06.5 | Best come back in history, Kim Kardashian. |
| 1:09.5 | If you know, you know. |
| 1:13.1 | This week's case was suggested via Instagram by listener Chris Burroughs, where in the market town of Berry this week, which is |
| 1:18.7 | located in the northwest county of Greater Manchester. Here are five quickfire facts about |
| 1:24.6 | Barry. The name Barry comes from the Saxon and means a stronghold. |
| 1:29.9 | In ancient times it's thought that the whole area was probably forest, marsh and |
| 1:34.9 | moorland inhabited by nomadic herdsmen. |
| 1:38.8 | Number two, the Second World War left Berry relatively unscathed, although a German flying bomb destroyed a row |
| 1:45.6 | of cottages in Tottington in 1944, which killed several people. Tottington gets a brief mention |
| 1:52.5 | in this week's story. Number three, Barry was the Greater Manchester Town of Culture for 2021. |
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