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#308 - The Sadist and the Survivor (Merlyn Nuttall & Anthony Ferrira, Brixton, SW2)

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Tuesday the 18th of February 1992 at 7:15pm. Merlyn Nuttall was kidnapped, raped, stabbed and set on fire by a drug-crazed assailant inside of a crack den at 9 Effra Road in Brixton. She could have died owing to her wounds and she should have been scarred for life owing to the attack, but as you’ll hear, from the precipice of death, it was the woman she was who ensured that the case was resolved, the culprit was convicted, and that the rest of her life was worth living.

  • ·        Location:top floor flat, 9 Effra Road, Brixton, London, UK, SW2
  • ·        Date: Tuesday the 18th of February 1992 at 7:15pm to 8am 
  • ·        Victims 1: Merlyn Nuttall 
  • ·        Culprits 1: Anthony Ferrira

 

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