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Spectator Out Loud: Ian Williams, Kara Kennedy and Oscar Edmondson

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Pontopreet: The Bridge of the Urban House

Luke Dealy pleaded guilty to manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility. He had killed a woman, 65-year-old June Fox Roberts, before removing her limbs with a chainsaw. The attack started in the same woodland that he had invited me to. Pontopreet feels strangely primed for death and there's also an unexplainable fog. In 2015, my town saw its most famous killing - Christopher May dismembered Tracy Woodward while West Life's Flying Without Wings was playing in the background. She walked into the skinny dog alone. It had been recommended to her by the barmate in my local pub. Within a few hours, neighbours heard loud bangs, which they put down

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