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Dec 2020
27m 9s

The Chloroform Killer: Episode 216

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About this episode
This week, the story comes from a small town west of Edinburgh in 1999. When mum of three Yvonne Davidson was found dead, it seemed that it was a terrible accident. But a year later, a friend of her partner went to police telling how he had made threats to murder Yvonne. Just what was the truth?

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https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/14332766.craig-mccreight-payout-bid-fails-after-he-was-jailed-over-death-of-lover-yvonne-davidson/
https://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/search-judgments/judgment?id=1fb88aa6-8980-69d2-b500-ff0000d74aa7
https://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/search-judgments/judgment?id=066f86a6-8980-69d2-b500-ff0000d74aa7 
https://www.deadlinenews.co.uk/2009/04/02/chloroform-killer-spends-first-day-of-freedom-in-supermarket-craig-mccreight-goes-home/
https://www.deadlinenews.co.uk/2009/04/01/chloroform-killer-craig-mccreight-freed-by-appeal-court-yvonne-davidson-death-rap-overturned/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/1938437.stm
https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/archives/news/19272/killers-fight-to-buy-death-house/
http://forejustice.org/db/McCreight--Craig-.html
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/11964201.big-talk-spoiled-perfect-murder/
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/81316/Murderer-s-bid-to-buy-home-he-killed-lover-in
http://netk.net.au/UK/UK141.asp
When Should a Retrial be Permitted After a Conviction is Quashed on Appeal? on JSTOR
https://www.thefreelibrary.com/CHLOROFORM+KILLER%27S+BIG+MISTAKE%3B+He+couldn%27t+keep+his+mouth+shut.-a084912980
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/chloroform-case-man-who-spent-7527698

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