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May 2021
22m 14s

A Suicide Pact: Episode 236

Always True Crime
About this episode
Brian Darbyshire was diagnosed with MS at just 47, and his health continued to decline. After the death of his wife in 2008, his daughter Claire became his primary carer. In 2015, the pair decided that neither wanted to live any longer and agreed a suicide pact.

Or did they?

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  • Haze at Podcast She Wrote.
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https://www.mylondon.news/news/west-london-news/convicted-murderer-living-streets-hounslow-17749464
https://www.gofundme.com/f/helping-me-to-move-on-with-my-life?utm_campaign=p_cp_url&utm_medium=os&utm_source=customer
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-35774143
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/transgender-prisoner-recalls-suffocating-dad-21298320
https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2020/01/16/who-is-claire-darbyshire-welcome-to-hmp-belmarsh-with-ross-kemp/
https://www.thegayuk.com/trans-woman-convicted-of-murdering-her-severely-ill-father/amp/
https://www.thejournal.ie/convicted-murdering-father-ms-london-2626529-Feb2016/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-35774143
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-35774143
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-35667507
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/transgender-prisoner-recalls-suffocating-dad-21298320
https://www.bmj.com/content/329/7478/1298
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/daughter-found-guilty-murdering-father-7446668


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