A Murder Without End

Phillip Harkins has finished his prison sentence for murdering Joshua Hayes in Florida in 1999. Now he is awaiting deportation to the UK where he killed in 2003. And now there are new immigration revelations. So what's next?

Scottish reporter and host Tristan Stewart-Robertson gave a guest lecture at Strathclyde University on journalism ethics and the subject of “privacy and intrusion”. The talk was titled “I Didn’t Give You Permission to Report That” and focused on the gap in public and private information in courts in Scotland and Florida. It asked if miscarriages of justice, such as the Horizon Post Office scandal, could happen again with an unaccountable justice system. And It also addressed the perception of questions and investigations by reporters at times of grief.

Scottish reporter and host Tristan Stewart-Robertson speaks to Maxine McArthur about what went into the true crime podcast A Murder Without End, its journalism, its legacy and being a finalist for the Signal Awards 2023. 
The series won both Listener’s Choice and Silver for Best Indie Podcast (Limited Series & Specials) after this episode was recorded.

A special bonus announcement after A Murder Without End was named a finalist for the Signal Awards 2023 as Best Indie Podcast for Limited Series & Specials. The series won both Listener’s Choice and Silver in October.

After almost 20 years we reach the climax of this Murder Without End in Florida and Scotland. But can time give closure to a mother who has lost her son?

As the murder case against Phillip Harkins is finally back in Jacksonville, Florida, we look at Patrica’s relentless battle for her family after her son’s death. And we examine new information from behind the scenes.

Amassing all the available evidence, we navigate a maze of records from Jacksonville, Florida, to piece together a picture of what happened to Phillip Harkins’ case in the days – and years – after the murder at the boat ramp.

Jacksonville, Florida. August 10, 1999. We go back to the day Joshua Hayes was killed, and retrace the movements of alleged killer Phillip Harkins and others in the lead up to the murder at the boat ramp.

Phillip Harkins takes his case to the highest court in Europe, the European Court of Human Rights. After watching the hearing from Florida, the mother of murder victim Joshua Hayes talks about the lifelong ramifications of his death and her fight for justice.
ECHR hearing courtesy of and © ECHR-CEDH. Full hearing recording
Background: 2017: Harkins v the United Kingdom [ECHR 239 (2017)]

Alleged murderer Phllip Harkins kept asking questions fundamenal to freedom and rights in UK and international law. We take a look at how a legal system is supposed to work.
Background:
The process was under the Extradition Act 1989.
2007: Harkins v Secretary of State [EWHC 639 (Admin)]
2011: Inzunza & Others v United States of America & Ors [EWHC 920 (Admin)]
2012: Harkins and Edwards v the United Kingdom [ECHR 021 (2012)]
2014: Harkins v Secretary of State [EWHC 3209 (Admin)]
2012: Vinter and Others v the United Kingdom [ECHR 073 (2012)]
2014: Trabelsi v Belgium [ECHR 247 (2014)]