S10E03 | The Murder of Bella Nicandro | Villain: Aaron Cook

British Murders with Stuart Blues

Stuart Blues

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4.7 • 699 Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2023

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, I embark on a haunting journey into the tragic murder of Bella Nicandro, a 76-year-old woman whose life was brutally cut short in her shared apartment building in Notting Hill, London.

Aaron Cook, Bella's 23-year-old neighbour, was responsible, and it was concluded that he was in the midst of a psychotic episode when he stabbed her to death on August 14, 2021.

He had previously been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia in 2020 and had recently stopped taking his medication before the attack.

Pleading guilty to manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility, Aaron was sentenced to a hospital order under Section 37/41 of the Mental Health Act 1983.

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1:05.0	Hello, Hello everyone and welcome to British murders, the podcast focusing exclusively on British murder cases and serial killers.
1:09.6	I'm your host Stuart Blues and this is the third episode of season 10.
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