Hi everyone. Thank you so much for your patience during this series. You might have seen that

there are now three parts. It was not my intention, but this is a very complex and highly nuanced

story and despite my best efforts to edit the script down, it's just not one of those cases

that can be summarized without losing important context. Part two blew out to

be more than two hours and the file had to be split up, but everything is ready for you to listen to

right now. Now if you already listen to the first part, today's episode starts with a recap to bring

you up to speed. But if you've waited to listen to the

whole thing together and want to get straight into the story, feel free to fast forward about

three and a half minutes. Thanks again for your patience and with that it's on with the show.

And buckle up because it's a ride.

So, to recap, it was 2005 in the province of Alberta, near the town of Mayerthorpe.

Two bailiffs showed up at the fenced compound of 46-year-old James Roscoe to repossess his truck.

He was openly hostile, giving them the finger before driving off his property.

The RCMP were called for backup and they discovered what appeared to be an illegal cannabis grow-op and chop shop operation in the large Quonset hut on the property.

A completely separate issue to the missed truck payments.

The RCMP accessed James Roscoe's criminal record, which they used to apply for a new search warrant and conduct a risk assessment.

In charge of the operation was Corporal Jim Martin from Mayerthorpe Detachment,

who brought extra insight as he'd dealt with James Rosco

a few times before. Corporal Martin knew Roscoe as a paranoid loner, who was aggressively

protective of his property and didn't seem to like the police much. But he'd last been seen

fleeing the site, so it wasn't considered likely that he would return to the scene

while the RCMP were there. After returning with a new search warrant, the RCMP processed the

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