The Rathband Tapes

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The inquest: cover-up or covering yourself? Hear how Darren and Tony had to ask to give statements. Then litigation. How on earth did the judge exonerate Northumbria Police? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Why were three funerals? Because there were at least three agendas... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The end is nigh. David meltsdown on Twitter, returns home from Australia and takes his own life. It is 29 February 2012. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Two trips to Oz. Who is Lisa French? Did Darren see that the end was nigh? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What happens when your 15 minutes of fame is up? 'They build you up and knock you down' - we have all heard that phrase. We analyse the whole process in case study of how the unprepared become front page news and then on a whim or a whisper, become persona non grata. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The trial is over. Awaiting the verdict has been agony. 'I have a lifetime ahead. They have a lifetime to reflect'. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The trial. Spoiler alert: contains comedy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Growing up in Staffordshire. The Cornetto moment. Struggles to get into the police. Meeting Kath and moving to the Northeast. And dear Naomi... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After two weeks in hospital, it is time for David to go home. Amongst his visitors: Craig, with the Control Room confession... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The new physical reality. David is blind. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Two stories on a collision course. A manhunt is underway in Rothbury, Northumberland. Meanwhile, on a hospital bed in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, PC David Rathband faces the new reality. He is blind. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Serious questions begin about what really happened on 3 and 4 July 2010... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

4 July 2010. British policeman PC David Rathband is gunned down in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. This is his story. But where does it start?... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For over a decade, conversations between the late David Rathband and his ghostwriter Tony Horne recorded during the writing of the best-selling  Tango 190,  have remained locked in a vault.  Now for the first time Tony shares them with David’s twin, Darren - and you. Darren and Tony walk you through the story from its humble beginnings in Staffordshire to its tragic end in Northumbe...