Description
Cornwall isn't the sort of place you associate with large scale drug imports from South America, IRA terrorists and murder.
But in this episode of the UK True Crime podcast, we hear a story that involved all of these things.
When detectives quizzed local farmer Ross Stone about cannabis being grown on his farm, they could never expected that he would reveal that two missing men -Brett Flournoy (l) & David Griffiths (r) were also buried there.
But was he responsible for the killings?
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Sources:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/feb/14/drug-mule-jailed-double-murder
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2100975/Thomas-Haigh-Drugs-mule-gunned-David-Griffiths-Brett-Flournoy-jailed-life.html
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/drugs-mule-denied-appeal-after-6261283
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/cage-fighter-found-guilty-of-murder-683948
https://www.boxingscene.com/karl-ince-on-flournoys-tragic-death-future-his-camp--47949
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/missing-boxer-brett-flournoy-investigators-3370195
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/murdered-boxer-brett-flournoy-member-3355082
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