Welcome to season 4 episode 18 of They Walk Among Us, a podcast dedicated to UK True Crime.

Listener caution is advised, as this episode contains adult themes and descriptions that

some listeners may find distressing.

November 5, 1971 is a date that Leslie John will never forget. It was the day that Queen Elizabeth

II came to Swindon, a town located in the southwest of England. Along with the Duke of Edinburgh,

the parod come to inaugurate the Civic Centre, a development that had reportedly cost around

£7.5 million. The M4 had opened that year, providing the town with Lynx East to London

or Southwest to Wales, bringing with it an influx of people and money.

A reigning monarch hadn't visited the area since the mid-20s, so as the rain fell on that cloudy day,

crowds could be seen lining the streets of Regent's Circus, with people waving flags and holding

balloons, hoping to catch a glimpse of the Queen. As she addressed the public from a stand in

theatre square, they watched in awe, oblivious to the constant rainfall as the heavens opened.

While it was a day that sticks in the minds of many in Swindon, for Leslie John,

she would remember it for a very different reason. On November 5, a daughter Sally Ann was born.

Raised in Swindon, Sally Ann or Sally as her mother would call her at a happy childhood.

Much like any other youngster at the time, Sally Ann would write her bike around the estate

and during walks in the park and family picnics. She was especially close to her mother.

She was a happy child, but in her adolescent she grew rebellious.

The more her mother tried to put her on the straight and narrow, the more Sally Ann wouldn't listen.

A mother would later say her daughter was simply influenced by the wrong people.

While Sally Ann still remained close to her mother, the pair struggled to see I-2-I.

In her early 20s, Sally Ann supported herself financially through on-street sex work in Swindon.

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