window.dotcom = window.dotcom || { cmd: [] }; window.dotcom.ads = window.dotcom.ads || { resolves: {enabled: [], getAdTag: []}, enabled: () => new Promise(r => window.dotcom.ads.resolves.enabled.push(r)), getAdTag: () => new Promise(r => window.dotcom.ads.resolves.getAdTag.push(r)) }; setTimeout(() => { if(window.dotcom.ads.resolves){ window.dotcom.ads.resolves.enabled.forEach(r => r(false)); window.dotcom.ads.resolves.getAdTag.forEach(r => r("")); window.dotcom.ads.enabled = () => new Promise(r => r(false)); window.dotcom.ads.getAdTag = () => new Promise(r => r("")); console.error("NGAS load timeout"); } }, 5000)
Skip to content
Crime Next Door, Who Killed the Shakoors?, 3. A murder investigation

Crime Next Door

Who Killed the Shakoors?

3. A murder investigation

May 21, 2025

15 minutes

Available for over a year

Police get a breakthrough when something was found dumped near the Shakoor family home, eleven days after the fatal house fire.

The discovery means the fire is now officially a murder investigation.

As enquiries increase there's a problem, which could provide a reason why this case remains unsolved.

Written and produced by Gabby Colenso

Presenter: Sonia Watson

Sound Design: John Cameron-McIntosh

Story Consultants: Barney Rowntree and Ben Robinson

Online Producer: Rachael Smith

Series Editor: Shahid Hussain

Commissioning Editor: Alistair Miskin

A BBC Essex production for BBC Sounds.