**TRIGGER WARNING: Please note this episode is a very difficult listen. Mentions of sexual abuse and extreme violence towards and elderly person**

Lads! We're BACK!

Emma is better from the plague and Sarah Jane has become a horticulturist!

This week Emma tells the incredibly harrowing case of the murder of 81 year old Maire Rankin. Maire was brutally attacked in her home on Christmas Eve 2008. Please head the trigger warning above.

We would like to extend our deepest sympathies to the Rankin family.

Have a great week, friends!

Episode is available on Go Loud and everywhere else you get your podcasts

p.s Second live show announced in this episode!

Case begins at 33:55

References:

https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/horrifying-true-story-oap-brutally-14462973

https://www.judiciaryni.uk/sites/judiciary/files/decisions/R%20v%20Karen%20Walsh.pdf

https://www.judiciaryni.uk/sites/judiciary/files/decisions/R%20v%20Karen%20Walsh.pdf

https://www.casemine.com/judgement/uk/5a8ff87460d03e7f57ec0be5

https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/maire-rankin-murder-grandmother-sexually-assaulted-following-killing/28659839.html

https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/murderer-karen-walsh-got-218000-of-public-cash-for-her-defence/28756299.html

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/murdered-maires-nightdress-has-still-not-been-discovered/26779106.html

https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/murdered-pensioners-daughter-still-gets-flashbacks-10-years-on/37676354.html

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