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The Expert Witness from Uncover

S5 "Sharmini" E6: Searching for Justice

The Expert Witness from Uncover

CBC

True Crime

4.510.9K Ratings

🗓️ 10 September 2019

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Sharmini, episode 6 - Sharmini's brother Kathees shares the last time he saw her and recalls their interactions with Stanley Tippett before she went missing. The Toronto Police shares why no one was charged for Sharmini's murder, with context of another case around the same time. We hear her voice for the first time. For transcripts of this series, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/uncover/uncover-season-5-sharmini-transcripts-listen-1.5277530 Also, after the credits, an update from the team.

Transcript

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0:00.0

The honor of all the Chief Justice and the Associate of the United States

0:04.0

Most Americans have made up their minds about the Spring Court.

0:08.0

It's either restoring justice or destroying America.

0:15.0

The Supreme Court is not going to save us.

0:17.0

I'm Julia Lungoria and in this season of more perfect, we're making sense of the Spring Court today.

0:22.0

Listen to more perfect from WNYC Studios wherever you get podcasts.

0:30.0

This is a CBC podcast.

0:53.0

This is Sharmini.

0:55.0

These recordings were made more than two decades ago when she was a little girl.

0:59.0

Songs and public speeches on cassette tapes.

1:02.0

Her mother has played them over and over and over again in the 20 years since she was murdered.

1:14.0

Hello, I'm going to talk about mothers and fathers.

1:18.0

A mother gives milk, sings lullabies and sacrifices her own eating time and sleeping time to take care of the child.

1:25.0

A mother is like a candle.

1:27.0

When a mother sings lullabies, she gives her child her Tamil culture and language.

1:31.0

Give good advice and show us the path we'll path.

1:39.0

Who else other than a mother could be more proud of a child's accomplishments?

1:42.0

And you are Tamil.

1:45.0

She is a mother.

1:47.0

She is a mother.

1:49.0

She is a mother.

1:51.0

She is a mother.

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