The Trials of Brian Buckle
REAL
Naomi Channell
4.8 • 725 Ratings
🗓️ 3 June 2025
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
On a bank holiday Monday in 2015, Brian Buckle's world was turned upside down. He was being accused of one of the worst crimes imaginable by a relative.
What happened over the next 7 years, was nothing short of a real life nightmare. In this episode, Brian and his wife Elaine share their story and their mission for change.
This is Real.
To sign Brian's petition, you can do so here:
https://www.change.org/p/demand-compensation-for-wrongfully-convicted-man-5-years-in-prison-before-being-acquitted
If you have been affected by any of the issues raised in this podcast, please see the below organisations that offer support, advice and information:
https://www.thesurvivorstrust.org/ - For people who have been the victim of sexual abuse (UK)
https://www.rainn.org/ - Sexual Abuse Support USA
https://www.nasasv.org.au/support-directory - Sexual Abuse Support Australia
https://www.rcni.ie/useful-links/ - Sexual Abuse Support Ireland
For information on support for those wrongly accused of serious crimes:
https://appeal.org.uk/
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Warning, this is a true crime podcast and is not suitable for all audiences. |
| 0:05.5 | Please use discretion. |
| 0:07.7 | This episode contains descriptions of sexual assault against minors. |
| 0:12.6 | Whilst the descriptions are not explicit, please take extra care whilst listening. |
| 0:19.3 | One of the most common questions I get asked is how I find |
| 0:23.5 | the cases I cover unreal. On occasion, families might send me a message, or a listener might suggest a |
| 0:31.4 | case, or I'll come across a headline that reads sensationly, and I try to reframe the case, bringing it back to the victim. |
| 0:40.5 | But a large majority that I find are on the small corners of the internet. |
| 0:46.2 | A petition, a campaign, a plea for people to listen to their story. |
| 0:53.0 | Today's episode came through one of these, but this case is very |
| 0:57.6 | different because the alleged perpetrator ended up being the victim. I'm Naomi Channel and this |
| 1:06.4 | is real. Israel. You Well, do you want to speak or shall I? |
| 1:45.0 | Yeah, I don't mind. |
| 1:47.0 | First met, Brigh, I was a barmaid and I've been a barmaid for years in the local public house, |
| 1:53.0 | like that was an hotel actually. |
| 1:55.0 | And he came in with a friend and you're just saying, oh hello, how are you and sort of thing. And that was my mother's |
| 2:04.0 | birthday, May the 17th, 1992, and we've been together ever since. This is Elaine and Brian Buckel. |
| 2:13.9 | They live in a small town in Wales. They've been together over 30 years and they have a daughter |
| 2:18.6 | who's now in her 20s. Both of them had children from a previous relationship and their proud |
| 2:25.1 | grandparents. From the outside looking in, they look like a normal couple living a normal life. |
| 2:33.6 | But that couldn't be further from the truth. Today, |
| 2:37.5 | Brian and Elaine are sharing their story with us. After years of being silenced, they can now give |
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