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At 8:20pm on the evening of May 14th, 2018, thirty-seven-year-old pharmacist Mitesh Patel phoned the Cleveland police in Middlesbrough, panicked and breathless. After returning from collecting a pizza and visiting his pharmacy, he had found his house burgled and his wife Jessica non-responsive on the living room floor, her wrists and ankles bound with duct tape. His voice was shrill as he told the dispatcher that he had put her in the recovery position, but she was cold. Within two minutes, the ambulance are heard in the background, arriving at the scene as Mitesh begins sobbing into the phone. Within a few minutes, Jessica Patel would be pronounced dead.
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The Murdertown podcast is hosted by Benjamin Fitton, researched and written by Anna Priestland and produced and edited by Chloe Frost.
SOURCES:
999 CALL
https://news.sky.com/video/gay-pharmacist-murder-case-999-call-and-cctv-11572378
THE LAW PAGES
https://www.thelawpages.com/court-hearings-lists/crown-court-lists-results.php
POLICE HOUR: 17TH MAY 2018
https://policehour.co.uk/2018/05/jessica-patel-mystery-surrounds-death-as-man-arrested-on-suspicion-of-the-murder/
NDTV: MAY 20 2018
https://www.ndtv.com/indians-abroad/husband-charged-with-murder-of-indian-origin-pharmacist-in-uk-1854542
MIDDLESBROUGH & CRIME RATES
https://www.police.uk/cleveland/Middlesbrough%20North/crime/+ni5ndq/stats/
https://www.police.uk/cleveland/Middlesbrough%20North/performance/compare-your-area/
THE NORTHERN ECHO:
THE NORTHERN ECHO: 16TH MAY 2018
https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/16225766.murder-probe-into-middlesbrough-womans-death/
THE NORTHERN ECHO: 17TH MAY 2018
https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/16231884.jessica-patel-murder-police-inquiries-at-victims-workplace/
THE NORTHERN ECHO: 19TH MAY 2018
https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/16237119.man-in-court-charged-with-jessica-patel-murder/
THE NORTHERN ECHO: 22nd MAY 2018
https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/16241436.husband-of-middlesbrough-woman-in-court-accused-of-murder/
THE NORTHERN ECHO: 13TH NOV 2018
https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/17219917.jessica-patels-husband-was-unfaithful-and-met-with-men-for-sex-court/
THE NORTHERN ECHO: 20TH NOV
https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/17233315.middlesbrough-murder-accused-used-dark-web-court-told/
THE NORTHERN ECHO: 20TH NOV 2018
https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/17235384.dna-of-accused-pharmacist-found-on-bag-used-to-suffocate-jessica-patel-court-told/
THE NORTHERN ECHO: 21ST NOV 2018
https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/17238219.murder-accused-tried-to-hide-cctv-hard-drive-under-mattress-court-told/
THE NORTHERN ECHO: 22ND NOV 2018
https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/17241372.her-days-are-marked-middlesbrough-pharmacist-murder-accused-told-lover/
THE NORTHERN ECHO: 26TH NOV 2018
https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/17256139.mitesh-patel-used-gay-dating-apps-day-wife-died-court-told/
BBC
BBC: 19th MAY 2018
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tees-44180684
BBC: 13th NOV
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tees-46197969
BBC: MAY 22 2018
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tees-44209407
BBC: 15th NOV
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tees-46225866
BBC: 16TH NOV
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tees-46236664
BBC: 26TH NOV
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tees-46348189
BBC: 27TH NOV
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tees-46364399
BBC: 28TH NOV
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tees-46376132
BBC: 4th DE
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