This is Part Two of Two of 'Fat Fred'.On Monday 23rd of August 1971 at 9:40am, a gang of armed robbers stole £166,000 (£3.2 million today) from Preston’s Jewellers in Blackpool, and in their haste to escape, three officers were shot, many were injured, and Detective Superintendent Gerry Richardson was shot. The gang’s leader, Frederick Sewell, a gangster known as ‘Fat Fred’ was branded ‘Britain’s most hates man’ and hunted.But what had this killing spree got to do with the murder of Malcolm Heaysman, co-owner of a fancy-dress shop in Islington outside of his remote farmhouse in Gwynfe near Llangadog, Carmarthenshire?·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Location #1: Preston’s Jewellers, 14 The Strand, Blackpool, Lancashire, UK·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Location #2: Godre Waun, Llangadog, Carmarthenshire, Wales, SA19 ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Date:&nbsp;Monday 23rd of August 1971, at 9:40am (robbery and murder)·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Victims:&nbsp;Detective Superintendent Gerarld Richardson, Malcolm Heaysman·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Culprits #1: (robbery/murder):&nbsp;Frederick Joseph Sewell, Charles Haynes, George/Dennis Bond, John Patrick Spry and Thomas Flannigan·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Culprits #2: (murder of Malcolm): Roy Searl and (associate) Roy Owen GibsonFive time nominated at the True Crime Awards, Independent Podcast Awards and the British Podcast Awards, Murder Mile is one of the best UK / British true crime podcasts covering only 20 square miles of West London. It is researched, written and performed by Michael of Murder Mile UK True Crime Podcast with the main musical themes written and performed by Erik Stein and Jon Boux of <a href="https://www.cultwithnoname.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cult With No Name</a> and additional music, as used under the Creative Commons License 4.0. A full listing of tracks used and a full transcript for each episode is listed <a href="https://www.murdermiletours.com/blog/category/podcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a> and a <a href="https://www.murdermiletours.com/legal-disclaimer.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">legal disclaimer</a>.This episode features a promo for Killer Heart to Hearts. For links <a href="https://linktr.ee/murdermile" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">click here</a>To subscribe via Patreon, <a href="https://www.patreon.com/murdermile" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">click here</a> Support this show <a target="_blank" rel="payment" href="http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile">http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile</a>.<hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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