Snatched / Alan Hopkinson

They Walk Among Us - UK True Crime

They Walk Among Us

True Crime

4.6 • 6.6K Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2017

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Alan Hopkinson is a former member of Mensa with an IQ of 159. He was a computer programmer and had served in the Royal Air Force. At the time of his arrest, he was middle-aged with salt and pepper hair and a moustache. Nothing about him stands out. You could pass him on the street and not take notice. Alan Hopkinson is also highly dangerous due to his obsession with young girls...

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0:00.0	Welcome to Season 2, Episode 6 of They Walk Among us, a podcast dedicated to UK True Crime.
0:21.8	Listener caution is advised as this episode contains adult themes and descriptions that some
0:28.2	listeners may find distressing. Alan Hopkinson is a former member of Mensa with an IQ of 159. He was a computer programmer
0:53.3	and had served in the Royal Air Force. At the time
0:57.0	of his arrest, he was middle aged with salt and pepper hair and a moustache. Nothing about
1:05.0	him stands out. You could pass him on the street and not take notice. Alan Hopkinson is also highly dangerous.
1:13.3	Detective Constable Tina Bernie of the Sussex Police Child Protection Team said,
1:18.8	I've dealt with many paedophiles over a lot of years, and this is the most dangerous
1:23.3	paedophile that I've come across.
1:25.9	He is highly intelligent,
1:30.1	very educated and is very, very charming.
1:33.1	That is how he manages to manipulate people,
1:34.8	and he is very good at that.
1:37.6	The danger Alan Hopkinson poses is due to his obsession with young girls.
1:54.5	Alan was born in the seaside town of Eastbourne on the south coast of England during June 1953.
1:56.5	He was the only child of middle class parents James and Daphne Hopkinson.
2:02.0	The family moved to Zimbabwe South Africa in 1957 when Alan was four years old.
2:09.0	He did well in school and upon leaving the Churchill High School for Boys he obtained 6-0 levels
2:15.1	and three higher exams.
2:17.2	He took a series of office admin jobs but never settled in one place.
2:22.0	Alan reluctantly served in the Air Force as part of National Service and at 23 he returned
2:27.9	to London to live with relatives in Sidcup.
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