The Freshwater Five: Episode 229
UK True Crime Podcast
UK True Crime Podcast
4.3 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 30 March 2021
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Today, in this episode of the UK True Crime podcast, I tell the story of the 'Freshwater Five'.
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- www.uktruecrime.com
- www.patreon.com/uktruecrime
- https://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrime
- https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/apr/18/five-fishermen-a-stormy-night-and-53m-of-cocaine-were-the-freshwater-five-wrongly-convicted
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44319526
- http://appeal.org.uk/freshwater-five
- https://www.islandecho.co.uk/freshwater-five-drugs-conspiracy-court-of-appeal-upholds-convictions-of-isle-of-wight-men/
- https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9401585/Two-members-Freshwater-Five-cocaine-smuggling-gang-lose-fight-clear-names.html
- https://www.thejusticegap.com/freshwater-five-court-of-appeal-told-drug-smuggling-simply-impossible/
- https://www.countypress.co.uk/news/19112205.freshwater-five/
- https://eminetra.co.uk/two-members-of-freshwater-five-lose-appeal-for-drug-conviction-uk-news/372945/
- https://www.5men104years.com/just-a-normal-fishing-trip.html
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| 0:26.9 | Slack.com slash DHQ. Hello and welcome to episode 229 of their UK True Crime Podcast. I'm Adam. |
| 0:36.2 | Today's story from the South Coast of England involves a plot to import millions of pounds |
| 0:42.6 | of cocaine into Britain, and the storyline straight out for Thriller. But before we get |
| 0:48.3 | there, as always, a huge thank you to all my supporters on Patreon, but especially |
| 0:53.5 | these new members of this exclusive club. That is Sophie Faulkner, Jackie Stanway, Katelyn |
| 1:00.1 | Roberts, Hannah Jackson, and Lisa Lambon. Thank you all so much for your support. It's |
| 1:05.6 | much appreciated. If you're not part of Patreon yet, why don't you do the right thing and |
| 1:11.3 | join us at patreon.com slash UK True Crime. You know it makes sense. Let's set some |
| 1:19.4 | context to the story and play the guest amongst the year game. Top of the UK charts was |
| 1:24.7 | nothing on you from Bob featuring Bruno Mars. And number one in Australia and the US was |
| 1:31.7 | Usher featuring Will I Am with OMG? Just call me Dave, became Prime Minister, forming |
| 1:38.3 | the coalition with everybody's favourite bag carrier and door opener for Mark Zuckerberg, |
| 1:44.1 | Nick Clegg of course. The 51,700 C. Aviva Stadium was officially open on the site of the |
| 1:51.1 | famous old Lanzdam Road in Dublin by the Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowan. Gary Coleman, |
| 1:57.1 | the actor, one of my favourite shows of my childhood, different streaks. Remember that? |
| 2:02.5 | Died at just 42. And in UK True Crime knees, 40-year-old Stephen |
| 2:07.9 | Griffiths was charged with the murder of three women whose bodies were found in Bradford. |
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