Malcolm Bacon
Retired Detective Inspector, Sussex Police, best known for investigating and securing the conviction of Russell Bishop in the 'Babes in the Wood' case.
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Aug 7, 2026
speaker_0NARRATOR
Three years after the murders of Nicola Fellows and Karen Hadaway, Russell Bishop was hoping to claim a third victim.
Malcolm BaconGUEST
Bishop then just takes what he considers to be the dead, naked body of a 7-year-old child that he has just assaulted and abused.
speaker_4GUEST
So he assumes that it's worked again and that he's gotten away with it again because there are no witnesses.
speaker_4NARRATOR
Three years after the murders of Nicola Fellows and Karen Hadaway, Russell Bishop was hoping to claim a third victim.
Malcolm BaconGUEST
Bishop then just takes what he considers to be the dead, naked body of a seven-year-old child that he has just assaulted and abused and just discards her.
Malcolm BaconGUEST
He just throws her in the middle of these gorse bushes on a freezing cold Sunday night in February.
speaker_8UNKNOWN
So he assumes that it's worked again and that he's gotten away with it again because there are no witnesses.