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The Snowball Killer: Episode 355
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22 minutes
Released:
Sep 5, 2023
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Podcast episode
Description
In Maybole, Ayrshire, Ahmjid Ismail and his family ran a grocer’s shop, known locally as Johnny’s.
Newly released from prison and a newcomer to the village, John McGeechan thought that robbing this store would be an easy way to give him the money to buy his next heroin fix. But the robbery went very wrong with 34 year old Ahmjid losing his life after being stabbed repeatedly.
And then it was discovered that McGeechan had killed before....
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Sources
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/heroin-addict-is-jailed-after-murder-of-shop-worker-is-caught-on-answering-machine-kvcnzrzfgtq
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/prison-attack-sees-double-killer-993548
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7412760.stm
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/45274/Pathetic-killer-of-shopkeeper-is-jailed-for-life
https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/scottish-news/19883901.glasgow-crime-story-cranhill-man-john-mcgeechan-killed-twice/
https://www.thefreelibrary.com/STABBED+TO+DEATH+FOR+THROWING+SNOWBALL.-a061268180
Newly released from prison and a newcomer to the village, John McGeechan thought that robbing this store would be an easy way to give him the money to buy his next heroin fix. But the robbery went very wrong with 34 year old Ahmjid losing his life after being stabbed repeatedly.
And then it was discovered that McGeechan had killed before....
Find out more about the UK True Crime Podcast:
https://uktruecrime.com
Join me at Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/UKTrueCrime
Buy my book 'Gone Fishing' about serial killer Angus Sinclair
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gone-Fishing-Unsolved-Crimes-Sinclair/dp/1914277201
Sources
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/heroin-addict-is-jailed-after-murder-of-shop-worker-is-caught-on-answering-machine-kvcnzrzfgtq
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/prison-attack-sees-double-killer-993548
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7412760.stm
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/45274/Pathetic-killer-of-shopkeeper-is-jailed-for-life
https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/scottish-news/19883901.glasgow-crime-story-cranhill-man-john-mcgeechan-killed-twice/
https://www.thefreelibrary.com/STABBED+TO+DEATH+FOR+THROWING+SNOWBALL.-a061268180
Released:
Sep 5, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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