Welcome to season 5 episode 13 of They Walk Among Us.

A podcast dedicated to UK through crime.

This is part one of a two-part case with the second installment available next week.

This episode contains distressing themes, explicit language and descriptions of violence.

This podcast is intended for a mature audience.

Listener caution is advised.

On July 1, 2020, accompanied by a judge and several baristas, a jury disembarked a coach and barks year after travelling from the old Bailey in London.

A mist of light rain fell, several police officers who spoke few words watched on.

The jury were not to be disturbed as they examined the reconstruction of a crime scene.

Two vehicles were positioned facing each other on a narrow lane bordered by trees and high hedgerows that exited the village of Stanford, Dingley.

The boot of one vehicle, dented and heavily scratched was a jar with a to strap attached to one of its hinges.

Just over a mile from this location, blue silk poses were tied to road markings and a small circle of stones was painted with the words,

when your heart stopped beating, a part of me died.

During the middle of August 2019, a gang of teenagers and young adults came up with a plan to steal a quad bike.

Two of the youngest members of the group were 17. The designated driver was 18 and their accomplice was in his early 20s.

They lived in villages throughout barks year and hamps year but often congregated at four houses corner where they had ties to the community that lived there.

The location in the village of Ufton Nervat was described by news reports as a local authority run traveler caravan and mobile home site.

While the gang of four scouted the surrounding area, around six and a half miles away they found a property on which they had seen a bike they wanted.

The Victorian style home in the process of being renovated was isolated on a quiet country lane on the border of Stanford, Dingley and Bradfield, South End, both villages in West Barkshire.

The group would later argue that they stumbled upon the period property by chance. However this was deemed most unlikely as from the steep bend of the adjoining country lane, any vehicles on the land could not easily be seen.

The gang would often head out to steal cars, bikes or anything that took their fancy. For the most part this was how they made their living.

In the dead of night they took what they wanted.

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