S11E07 | The Murder of Teddy Tilston (Birkenhead, Merseyside, 2017)

British Murders with Stuart Blues

Stuart Blues

True Crime

4.7 • 699 Ratings

🗓️ 9 November 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, I tell the story of Teddy Tilston, a 2-year-old boy killed in Birkenhead, Merseyside, on March 1, 2017.

Teddy was being cared for by 28-year-old Craig Smith, his mum's partner, when the emergency services were called that afternoon. Smith claimed Teddy had drowned in the bath after being left for just 30 seconds, but the paramedics attending the scene noticed that he was bone dry.

Teddy's twin sister, Cassidy, was already at Arrowe Park Hospital after Smith informed their mum, Ashleigh Willett, that she'd knocked herself unconscious after running into a table. When examined, it was revealed Cassidy had several other injuries, including a broken wrist she may have received up to six months earlier.

A jury at Liverpool Crown Court found Smith guilty of murder in November 2017, and he was handed a life sentence with a minimum term of 17 years. Willett was found guilty of failing to seek medical assistance for her twin children and received a 12-month prison sentence, suspended for two years.

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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 focusing exclusively on British murder cases and serial killers.
0:32.6	I'm your host Stuart Blues and this is the seventh episode of season 11.
0:37.3	Before we get into it, let's break the ice.
0:39.5	The show's first opening icebreaker segment is this.
0:43.1	Do you facts that sound like both?
0:46.3	Did you know the number of possible arrangements of a standard 52 card deck is 8.07 times 10 to the 67th power.
0:58.1	That's roughly 8 followed by 67 zeros.
1:02.2	There's more possible ways to arrange a simple deck of cards than there are atoms on Earth.
1:07.9	It's likely that if you shuffled a deck of cards right now,
1:12.3	the order your deck is in has never occurred before in human history. Now it's time for the show's final opening
1:17.6	Icebreaker segment. Final quote of the day. In truth, the only restrictions on our capacity to
1:25.0	astonish ourselves and each other are imposed by our own minds.
1:30.1	That was said by illusionist David Blaine.
1:33.6	Listener Mark Lewis requested this case via the contact form at Britishmerders.com.
1:38.8	We're in the Merseyside town of Birkenhead this week located on the Wirral in northwest England. For reference, the town
1:46.0	is just a couple of miles southwest of Liverpool, lying across the River Mersey from it,
1:51.0	and for my international listeners, 195 or so miles northwest of London. Please let me know if you're
1:57.7	an international listener and find the distance from London part helpful.
2:02.4	I did recently cover a case in Birkenhead for a Patreon bonus episode, so forgive me dear patrons.
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