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Planning Row Killer Albert Dryden / The Murder of Harry Collinson - Part 1

Season 4, Ep. 1

On a smallholding in the North-East of England, a three-year planning dispute between a former steelworker and the local council was streamed live to millions of homes across Britain. The confrontation, which left one man dead and two injured, would result in a police siege against a gunman who had amassed an armoury of weapons that included a cannon that was ready to be mounted to the front of a car... (Part 1 of 2). 


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This episode was researched and written by Benjamin Fitton. 


Narration, audio editing and production direction also by Benjamin Fitton. Script editing, illustrations and production direction by Rosanna Fitton. 


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