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Jan 2024
28m 19s

An Insignificant Man: Episode 374

Always True Crime
About this episode
St Mellons is an eastern suburb of Cardiff. When 15 year old Claire Hood, who lived in St Mellons with her mum and sister, was not in the house when her mum Pam arrived home from work one day, Pam knew something was wrong. But she can't have imagined for one moment the horror that lay ahead....

Writing Credit:
Chris Wood
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