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In February 2016 Geraldine Newman and her two children Shannon and Shane were murdered by their estranged husband and father Paul Newman in Leeds. With a history of domestic abuse and having served a prison sentence for an assault on Geraldine, Paul Newman was released and monitored by police for two years but was left free to kill his whole family.  We step behind the headlines to share the profoundly tragic story of the Newman family, whose lives were cut short by a familiar yet menacing shadow of domestic abuse.

This is the story of the Newman Family.  

Information and support  

• Samaritans UK Contact Us | Samaritans  
• National Domestic Violence Helpline UK 0808 2000 247  
• Women’s Aid www.womensaid.org.uk   
• Mental health support USA I'm looking for mental health help for myself | Mental Health America (mhanational.org)  
• Domestic abuse helpline USA 1.800.799.SAFE Domestic Violence Support | National Domestic Violence Hotline (thehotline.org)   

References  

No way of knowing hammer-wielding father would kill his wife and two children, authorities say | Daily Mail Online 

Police defend dealings with killer Paul Newman after triple murder in Allerton Bywater (yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk) 

Harrowing details of triple murder of wife and children in Allerton Bywater - Leeds Live (leeds-live.co.uk) 

Allerton Bywater murders: Silence for Castleford mother and two children (wakefieldexpress.co.uk) 

Allerton Bywater man killed wife and children - BBC News 

Geraldine Newman murder: Husband 'given licence to kill after being freed from prison' - Mirror Online 

Man murdered wife and children before travelling 180 miles to commit suicide - updates from the inquest - Leeds Live (leeds-live.co.uk) 

Credits  

Hosted and created by Clare Laxton @ladylaxton  

Produced by: Clare Laxton   

Killer in the family podcast (buzzsprout.com) 

Music by Tom Box and from Pixabay.  

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