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Seeing Red A True Crime Podcast

S8 Ep24: Case Reopened: The Tragic Death of 7-Year-Old Hakeem Hussain

Seeing Red A True Crime Podcast

Mark Randell & Bethan Trueman

True Crime

4.21.2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

We are currently on our end of season break, busily preparing for Season 9, which premieres on 8 March... We didn't want to leave you hanging though, so we have delved into our archives to replay a special episode... The first couple of minutes hears Mark detailing why he hasn't been able to put this case to bed and why he wanted the opportunity to share it with you once again... SYNOPSIS: For this episode, we head to Birmingham as we cover the tragic and deeply unsettling case of Hakeem Hussain... Hakeem' short life came to an abrupt end in the early hours of 26 November 2017. Gasping for air in the garden of the crack den he was living in with his mother, Hakeem collapsed and died, clutching a leaf in his hand. The neglect he suffered at the hands of his mother caused his untimely death and the detail we go into in this episode is harrowing. Theme music arranged and composed by Holly-Jane Shears - check out her work at www.soundcloud.com/DeadDogInBlackBag Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

One two three shake your body down.

0:03.0

Shig your own name.

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One two three.

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Thanks to Fever tree, making a delicious

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Mejito is as easy as one two three.

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Ice. I said two. Rum. easy as one two three ice rum

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fever tree mohito mixer and stir a perfect mohito as simple as

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as simple as just three steps new cocktail mixes from Fever Tree as easy as one

0:27.7

two three please enjoy responsibly hello and welcome to seeing Red I'm Bethan and I'm Mark. We are on our end of season break right now busily preparing season 9 which premieres on the 8th of March

0:40.7

But we didn't want to leave you hanging. We've delved into our archives and over the next two weeks we'll be taking it in turns to reopen a case that has stayed with us.

0:48.6

This week it's my turn. I wanted to replay the tragic death of 7-year-old

0:52.8

Hakeem Hussein, an episode which originally aired in season 7.

0:57.0

Hakeem's short life came to an abrupt end in the early hours of the 26th of November in 2017. Gasping for air in the garden of the crack den he was

1:06.8

living in with his mother, Hakim collapsed and died clutching a leaf in his hand.

1:12.2

The neglect he suffered at the hands of his mother caused his untimely death,

1:16.0

and the detail we go into in this episode is truly heartbreaking. Now I know I've said it before,

1:21.3

but I think because we churn out an episode pretty much every week

1:24.9

sometimes we don't really have time to process what we've immersed ourselves in for a particular

1:30.0

episode some cases just stay with us and perhaps they stay with you too. And this is one that

1:36.7

definitely stayed with me. It takes place in my home city of Birmingham. Obviously

1:42.4

there is a child involved that's probably the reason why

1:46.1

it stayed with me and I feel a lot of frustration at her Kim's mother and also at

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