The Cornerman: Episode 147

UK True Crime Podcast

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4.3 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 3 September 2019

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Today’s episode looks at the life and crimes of Andy Baker, known as ‘The Cornerman’ for taking a cut of any deal. We look at his rise from working the doors in Surrey, through to murder trials, drugs and extreme violence. It is a story straight out of the movies.

Sources

I have drawn heavily on an amazing piece of investigative journalism at The Cable who covered the life of Andy Baker in four articles. Take a look and make a donation here:

https://thebristolcable.org/series/cornerman/

Other sources are Wikipedia, The Guardian, The Independent, Vice.

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0:29.1	Hello and welcome to episode 147 of the UK True Crime Weekly Podcast.
0:37.3	I'm Adam.
0:38.3	Thank you so much for taking the time to join me today.
0:41.7	What a week it's been.
0:43.2	Legionited, lose at home and BT messed up yet again, leaving me still with no mobile
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0:51.9	So this show has been mainly produced from my car in the Ley by just off the A39 with
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