The Monster Butler / Roy Fontaine - Part 2

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They Walk Among Us

True Crime

4.6 • 6.6K Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2018

⏱️ 44 minutes

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WARNING: THIS IS PART TWO OF A TWO-PART STORY. PLEASE LISTEN TO 'SEASON 2 - EPISODE 23' FOR MORE DETAILS ON THIS CASE.

After his release from prison in 1970, Roy Fontaine had accepted a job at Whittingham Hospital, and he was staying at a prison hostel nearby in Preston. Under the watchful eye of staff, Roy carried out his duties as the hospital porter. While waiting for his boyfriend, David Barnard, to get parole, Roy Fontaine started a fling with one of his co-workers, Mary Coggle. Roy used his leisure time, before the prison hostel curfew, to visit an RAF drinking club. While there, he began talking to Hazel Patterson, a well-liked widow who owned a newsagents... (Part 2 of 2).

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0:00.0	Welcome to Season 2, Episode 24 of They Walk Among us, a podcast dedicated to UK True Crime.
0:28.9	This is part two of a two-part story.
0:32.8	Please listen to Season 2, Episode 23 for more details on this case.
0:41.8	Listener caution is advised, as this episode contains adult themes and descriptions that some listeners may find distressing.
1:04.5	Thank you. Roy Fontaine, Roy Hall, Archibald Thompson Hall,
1:10.0	Roy Salvanon and Roy Thompson Hall were names and aliases used by the same man,
1:12.5	but throughout this podcast, we will simply refer to him as Roy Fontaine or Roy Hall.
1:20.4	Part 2, Roy Fontaine, the murderer.
1:41.6	No. murderer. After his release from prison in 1970, Rui Fontaine had accepted a job at Wittingham Hospital and was staying at a prison hostel nearby in Preston.
1:46.6	Under the watchful eye of staff, Roy carried out his duties as the hospital porter.
1:52.3	While waiting for his boyfriend David Bernard to get parole, Roy Fontaine started a fling
1:57.6	with one of his co-workers Mary Coggle. Mary's unhealthy obsession with criminals
2:03.0	and willingness to do whatever Roy wanted saw her being convinced to act as a go-between for him and David.
2:10.3	As an ex-convict at the time, Roy wasn't permitted to visit prison inmates, so Mary would visit
2:15.9	David, and delivering love letters and other gifts
2:19.1	from Roy. Roy used his leisure time before the prison hostel curfew to visit an RAF drinking
2:26.2	club. While there he began talking to Hazel Patterson, a well-liked widow who owned a newsagents.
2:34.2	Roy gained her trust by suggesting improvements to her business,
2:38.0	like adding strategically placed mirrors around the shop
2:40.9	so she could keep an eye on her staff.
2:44.0	Like many of the adult relationships in Roy's life,
2:47.3	the pair began to sleep together.
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