BBC Investigative journalist. Produced & Presented BBC podcasts Hope High & The Smuggler. Orwell Prize winner & ARIA winner. THE SMUGGLER 👇
London, England
Joined July 2011
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The Smuggler is the inside story of how a former British soldier became an international people smuggler - revealing the mechanics of how he smuggled migrants on lorry’s, ferry’s and sailboats -working with Albanian&Vietnamese gangs all based inside the UK bbc.co.uk/sounds/series/m002…
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6 October 2026: Rebecca Grass (also known as Rox), 46, was killed after being attacked with an axe, at a property in Dartmouth, Devon. Luke Rigby, 38, has been charged with murder.
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4 October 2026: Hannah Cain (also known as Hannah Terry), 45, was found dead at the home she shared with her husband, in Dersingham, Norfolk. Her husband, Mark Cain, 45, has been charged with her murder.
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27 September 2026: Jill Billett, 69, died in hospital hours after being injured at a property in Downend, Bristol. Her husband, Geoffrey Billett, 68, has been charged with her murder.
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6 March 2026: Jennifer Symonds, 44, died by drowning in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. Nelio Gouveia, 44, has been charged with her murder.
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Huge thank you for the eleventh year to @jessphillips for reading the names of UK women killed where the suspect is a man since IWD 2025 at the parliamentary International Women’s Day 2026 debate.
Massive thanks to our @FemicideCensus team.
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10 February 2026: Helen Bird, 47, died in hospital eight days after having suffered serious injuries when attacked inside a property in Chelveston, Northamptonshire, on 2 February. James Daniel Bird, 50, has been charged with her murder.
Remarkable journalism by @NoelTitheradge
Most of these people had 2 things in commons - they say they weren’t properly warned by doctors, or warned at all - and drew no link between their behaviour and their meds
We’ve made a podcast series featuring 5 cases under Radio 4’s Shadow World strand
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27 September 2025: Ann Green, 61, was found dead at a property in Bromyard, Herefordshire. Julian Thomas, 54, has been charged with her murder.
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"When their guard is down we get to see what they're really like."
Mina Smallman, whose murdered daughters' bodies were photographed and shared on WhatsApp by police, responds to the BBC investigation into continued misogyny and racism in the Met.
#Newsnight
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Secret BBC filming exposes hidden culture of misogyny and racism inside London's Metropolitan Police service
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NEW Five women who say they were victims of Rotherham grooming gangs also say police officers 'sexually abused' them in the town.
One woman told the BBC she was raped aged 12 in a police car by an officer in uniform.
Full story with Ruth Green.
bbc.com/news/articles/cn9y0l…
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It should be obvious now that smartphones are designed to be addictive. You're not supposed to win. I really think the only answer is to get rid of your iPhone. Genuinely not as hard as it seems and there are increasingly decent alternatives out there.
Young people on track to spend 25 years of their lives on their phones. This is dystopian territory
thetimes.com/uk/technology-u…
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They were strapped down, hidden and living on bread bbc.com/news/articles/cyvmjy…
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A police force that repeatedly met the family of a nine-year-old boy who was later murdered in his home did not sufficiently train front-line officers to identify child abuse, a police watchdog's report concluded.
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y2…
A man who was left paralysed and brain-damaged after a scuffle with police and nightclub doormen 12 years ago has died, aged 31. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgq7…
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LOVED this! 👏 such incredible access
Made me really nervous in parts
Defo worth a listen!
The Smuggler is the inside story of how a former British soldier became an international people smuggler - revealing the mechanics of how he smuggled migrants on lorry’s, ferry’s and sailboats -working with Albanian&Vietnamese gangs all based inside the UK bbc.co.uk/sounds/series/m002…
Loved going on The Media Show and discussing the ethnics of working with a convicted criminal. Thankyou for having me @katierazz & @BBCRosAtkins bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002d8…
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It's Monday so here's my @FT pod column on The Smuggler, an eye-opening new BBC series about the business of human cargo and featuring the testimony of "Nick", a builder-turned-people trafficker. ft.com/content/a125c713-033b…
Yet more of our findings from our @BBCRadio4 @bbcsounds investigative podcast The Smuggler revealed here - listen here for the full story bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002cpn…
Revealed: The new tactic being used to smuggle migrants into the UK after being pioneered by Albanian gangs trib.al/djrQ1fe