The Breakfast Killer: Episode 356
UK True Crime Podcast
UK True Crime Podcast
4.3 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 12 September 2023
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Rebecca and Joshua were both academic, worked hard and were soon top of the class in their results. Soon the pair began to date, but then there were concerns about Joshua's behaviour. Concerns that continued to grow, but nobody could have predicted that Joshua was capable of extreme violence. And murder.
Writing Credit: Megan Grant. See Megan's work on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/megathachristie/?igshid=MmIzYWVlNDQ5Yg%3D%3D
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Sources
1. http://www.islandfarm.wales
2. https://www.thesun.co.uk/living/2720523/mystery-small-welsh-town-bridgend-23-men-committed-suicide-one-year/
3. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2023012/Rebecca-Aylward-murder-trial-Mother-Sonia-Oatley-talks-sinister-killer-Josh-Davies.html
4. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/rebecca-aylward-murder-mother-murdered-3464578
5. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/breakfast-bet-killer-plays-at-murder-145071
6. https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/schoolboy-killer-plotted-three-ways-16262804
7. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6219191/Teenage-killer-15-bludgeoned-ex-girlfriend-death-applies-early-release.html
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11. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2019409/Joshua-Davies-16-dared-Facebook-friends-murder-Rebecca-Aylward.html
12. https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/jul/27/rebecca-aylward-murder-joshua-davies
13. https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/joshua-davies-jailed-minimum-14-1808680
14. https://www.nationaldahelpline.org.uk/en/What-is-abuse
15. https://www.ncdv.org.uk/domestic-abuse-statistics-uk/
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18. https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/schoolboy-killer-joshua-davies-finally-15311092
19. https://www.hsdl.org/c/looking-back-air-cargo-bomb-plot-foiled-on-october-29-2010/
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to episode 356 of the UK True Crime Podcast. I'm Adam. Thank you so much for joining me today for this episode from Wales, which explores some familiar themes of perception and reality along with the impact of social media. |
| 0:18.0 | A huge thank you to Megan Grant for the research and writing of this episode. |
| 0:23.0 | I just want to make you aware that I'm running a new competition for my sports at Patreon over the next four weeks. |
| 0:29.0 | We'll be giving away at least six true crime books every week, along with signed copies of my book about serial killer Angus and Claire. |
| 0:37.0 | So to join these competitions, just head to patreon.com slash the UK True Crime to join us. |
| 0:46.0 | Okay, so before we begin today, let's set some context for the story with our guest a month and year game. |
| 0:53.0 | At number two in the UK charts was Bruno Mars with just the way you are. |
| 0:58.0 | In the US at number four was Teenage Dream from Katy Perry. |
| 1:03.0 | Did I mention that one of my cats is called Katy Perry? It's boy by the way. We only realised after she'd be named. |
| 1:10.0 | The same is another of our cats, Joni. |
| 1:13.0 | In Australia, Rihanna, with only girl in the world, topped the charts there. |
| 1:19.0 | In the news this month, Instagram was launched. |
| 1:22.0 | Ed Miliband attended his first prime minister's questions as leader of the opposition. |
| 1:29.0 | The 9th Commonwealth Games opened in Delhi. |
| 1:32.0 | An English comedian Norman Wisdom died at 95. |
| 1:36.0 | In true crime news, US planes which had received cargo in transit from Yemen to the US |
| 1:43.0 | were searched after authorities received a tip from Saudi Arabian intelligence officials |
| 1:48.0 | regarding a terrorist plot to send explosives via air cargo packages to the US. |
| 1:55.0 | Two planes were searched and had explosives on board, one UPS plane in East Midlands airport in the UK |
| 2:02.0 | and a FedEx plane in Dubai. |
| 2:05.0 | If you recall after searching the two planes, the authorities found the sophisticated bombs in both |
| 2:10.0 | that were connected to electric circuits and telephones with timed alarms |
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