Good, with one reservation…
This was a good and necessary series. It really puts into perspective how underestimated the effects of stalking, online and IRL, are. It is shocking to hear how long, how many victims, and how much police attention (and neglect) it took for this case to get the treatment it deserved. My one reservation, as noted by some other reviewers, is the focus on the perpetrator in a way that seems keen to explain away his culpability, and the lack of pushback on his mother’s narrative. I also think that, given the overindulgence of his autism, it would have been only fair to others with autism to actually produce some more hard stats on the correlation between autism and criminal behaviour. And if there are not the stats to support this narrative, which I doubt there are, to actually make that very clear. Just having a few people with autism make some remarks on this is simply not enough when the reporting was so fixated on this aspect of his personality to explain away his behaviour.
Kitaah via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 02/20/24
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Great podcast well done. Hearing the mums interview at the end broke my heart and made it so clear that much of the blame is hers. She is totaly oblivious and thank god she isn’t raising any more children. He was a child she could have intervened. Take his laptop or something but no. She did...Read full review »
guapo chaves via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 09/27/22
Superb podcast. Listened in one day. I don’t see Matthew as a victim at all. The episode with his mother made me so angry. Utter lack of empathy for his many victims!
jeckles88 via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 09/26/22
I have family not far from Northwich so this was an interesting podcast and great coverage. I feel for the mum and the repercussions she is experiencing, but her lack of understanding on her sons behaviour is troubling…the guy was messaging a girl while she was at work and telling her what she...Read full review »
cat'kins via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 09/26/22
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