The Sandbach Shooting

Emergency responders had been directed to a two-car collision on Abbey Road in Sandbach. When they saw that the injuries sustained by the victims were clearly not caused by a crash, the paramedics soon realised it was far from a standard traffic accident. Not long after the incident, on that cold January morning, a man approached an officer from the Cheshire Police. He made a startling confession as he gestured towards the road. The man said, “I shot them up there”...

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This episode was researched and written by Eileen Macfarlane.

Edited by Joel Porter at Dot Dot Dot Productions.

Script editing, additional writing, illustrations and production direction by Rosanna Fitton

Narration, additional audio editing, script editing, and production direction by Benjamin Fitton.

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MUSIC: 

Rag Doll by Wicked Cinema 

Handmaids Escape by CJ Oliver 

The Last Straw by CJ Oliver 

Race Against Time by Moments 

Things Gone Wrong by Moments 

Onward by Chelsea McGough 

Stasis Interrupted by Dresden the Flamingo 

Templar by Wicked Cinema 

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REFERENCES: 

DOCUMENTS

R v Steven David Rowson [1987] EWCA Crim J0227-1

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