S10E04 | The Murder of Jane Longhurst | Villain: Graham Coutts

British Murders with Stuart Blues

Stuart Blues

True Crime

4.7 • 699 Ratings

🗓️ 26 July 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, I discuss the story of Jane Longhurst, a 31-year-old music teacher murdered by her best friend's partner.

This chilling story of obsession, murder and justice began on March 14, 2003, when Graham Coutts killed Jane in his Hove flat.

Coutts had been obsessed with physically harming women during sex since the age of 15 and fantasised about murdering someone in such a manner.

He was initially handed a life sentence in February 2004 at Lewes Crown Court, but his charge was later quashed.

A re-trial in 2007 ended with the same outcome, with Coutts being handed a life sentence at the Old Bailey that July with a minimum term of 26 years.

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David John Brady - 'Throw Down the Gauntlet'⁣

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0:00.0	This podcast contains elements that may be alarming to some listeners.
0:04.2	Listener discretion is advised.
0:06.4	You are now listening to British Brothers.
0:09.8	This will cry podcast. Hello everyone and welcome to British murders, the podcast that focuses exclusively on British murder cases and serial killers.
0:33.5	I'm your host Stuart Blues and this is the fourth episode of season 10.
0:38.3	Before we get into it, let's break the ice.
0:40.5	The show's first opening icebreaker segment is this.
0:44.4	Do facts that sound like both?
0:47.6	Did you know, a group of flamingos on the ground is called a flamboyance?
0:53.7	But when they fly in groups in the air, they're called a flock.
0:58.9	Now it's time for the show's final opening icebreaker segment.
1:02.8	Final quote of the day.
1:05.6	Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly. That was said by
1:14.2	Poet Langston Hughes. We're back in the seaside resort of Brighton this week, which is located
1:20.8	in the county of East Sussex. If you want five quickfire facts about Brighton, I suggest you go back
1:27.0	in my archives and check
1:28.4	out episode one of season five, which focused on the murders of Nicola Fellows and Karen
1:33.7	Hadaway by Russell Bishop. Now, I have a bit of a confession to make. I'm cheating a little bit
1:39.7	this week because I did release this story as a Patreon exclusive bonus episode in November last year.
1:46.9	My patrons therefore have heard this one before, but I've got two good reasons for releasing
1:52.2	this episode to the public.
1:54.3	Firstly, as you listen to this, I've been away with my family since last Friday.
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