The Murder of Rachel Nickell | The Colin Stagg Honeytrap Scandal
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🗓️ 4 June 2026
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
In July 1992, 23 year old Rachel Nickell headed out for a morning walk across Wimbledon Common with her 2 year old son, Alex. But what should have been an ordinary summer morning turned into one of Britain’s most shocking and devastating crimes.
In this episode of REDRUM, we uncover the brutal murder of Rachel Nickell, the nationwide panic that followed, and the investigation that spiralled into one of the most controversial police failures in modern British history. From the intense scrutiny placed on an innocent man, to undercover honeytrap operations, criminal profiling, missed warning signs, and the terrifying crimes of Robert Napper, this is a case filled with devastating mistakes, systemic failures, and lives forever changed. But as police became fixated on one suspect, a far more dangerous predator may have already been hiding in plain sight…
Dwaine George INNOCENCE project case: https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/pro-bono/cardiff-university-innocence-project/dwaine-george
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| 1:28.6 | Dogs Trust National Dog Survey. On Wimbledon Common in southwest London, a young mother, Rachel |
| 1:34.3 | Nichelle was waylaid and repeatedly stabbed. Her scratched and bruised two-year-old son was found |
| 1:39.5 | clinging to her body. It appears to be a random killing, which of course makes it extremely hard to solve. |
| 1:45.3 | At around 10.20am, Rachel Nekel turned a corner and walked up the path towards a wooded area, |
| 1:51.2 | leading her son Alex by his hand. Alex had noticed a man following them not too far behind. |
| 1:58.4 | He noticed his black bag, his white shirt, his brown hair and the fact |
| 2:03.1 | he walked with a slight limp. Suddenly the man was next to them. He threw Alex to the ground and |
| 2:09.0 | grabbed Rachel and dragged her off towards the bushes. This is Red Rum. Stories about the true |
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