Sarah Jane Made Friends With A Garda. Episode 160

TRIGGER WARNING: mentions of child sexual abuse, rape, sexual assault, domestic abuse and drug addictionHello beautiful friends!This week Emma covers the case of the murder of Derek Benson. Derek's partner Jacqui Noble paid her friend Paul Hopkins to attack and murder Derek in his home in 2000Jacqui and her daughter suffered years of domestic and sexual abuse at the hands of Derek Benson. This is part 1 of a 2 part episodeWe hope you're all looking after yourselvesAs ALWAYS it's FREE PALESTINECase begins at 29:15Episode is available on Go Loud and everywhere else you get your podcasts that you cheat on us withLink for tickets to the live show: https://laughterlounge.com/products/murder-most-irish-live-thursday-24th-july-2025?_pos=1&_psq=murder&_ss=e&_v=1.0Link for tickets to the screening of Something Better Change: https://thesugarclub.com/tc-events/something-better-change/References:https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/crime/i-didnt-know-marie-kilmartin-was-my-mother-at-her-funeral-now-im-on-a-quest-to-find-justice-for-her/a68406076.html?errorCode=0https://www.rte.ie/news/2004/0221/46538-bensond/https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/killer-kelly-joins-her-dads-murderer-mum-behind-bars/26271694.htmlhttps://www.sundayworld.com/crime/courts/irelands-most-gruesome-contract-killer-paul-hopkins-walks-free-from-prison/131169079.htmlhttps://www.independent.ie/search?keyword=Derek+benson&daterange=range&datestart=01%2F01%2F2000&dateend=31%2F12%2F2003https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/murder-trial-jury-sent-to-hotel/26017691.htmlhttps://www.independent.ie/irish-news/lawyers-for-woman-who-murdered-ex-partner-plead-for-her-early-release/26017853.htmlhttps://www.independent.ie/irish-news/woman-hired-pub-doorman-to-murder-violent-lover-trial-told/26020144.htmlhttps://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-30129325.htmlhttps://www.irishtimes.com/news/murder-accused-tells-of-partner-s-violence-1.970352https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/murder-trial-jury-sent-to-hotel/26017691.htmlhttps://www.independent.ie/irish-news/murder-accused-alleges-years-of-sex-abuse/26016519.htmlhttps://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/two-face-life-for-murder-of-sadistic-ex-partner/26217939.htmlhttps://www.independent.ie/irish-news/lawyers-for-woman-who-murdered-ex-partner-plead-for-her-early-release/26017853.htmlhttps://www.independent.ie/irish-news/judge-snubs-murder-sentences-appeal-bid/26018539.htmlhttps://www.independent.ie/regionals/louth/drogheda-news/life-for-woman-who-paid-for-hit/27105998.htmlhttps://www.independent.ie/irish-news/contract-killing-accused-told-gardai-of-prior-plan/26015287.htmlhttps://www.independent.ie/regionals/louth/drogheda-news/woman-paid-for-hit-on-partner-claim/27105535.htmlhttps://www.independent.ie/irish-news/killer-tried-to-cut-off-head-of-victim/26020468.htmlhttps://www.independent.ie/irish-news/murder-victim-beat-partner-and-made-threats/26020269.htmlhttps://www.independent.ie/irish-news/woman-hired-pub-doorman-to-murder-violent-lover-trial-told/26020144.htmlhttps://mensreapod.com/2024/05/31/137-a-legacy-of-violence-derek-benson/#more-1085https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-30129325.htmlhttps://extra.ie/2018/01/06/news/irish-news/jacqui-noble-released-from-prisonhttps://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-30129505.htmlhttps://www.irishexaminer.com/maintopics/person-jacqui-noble_topic-342851.htmlhttps://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-30129525.htmlhttps://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-30129691.htmlhttps://www.independent.ie/regionals/herald/killer-who-knifed-teenage-mum-is-having-baby-in-jail/27991585.htmlhttps://www.independent.ie/irish-news/killer-kelly-joins-her-dads-murderer-mum-behind-bars/26271694.htmlhttps://www.sundayworld.com/crime/courts/irelands-most-gruesome-contract-killer-paul-hopkins-walks-free-from-prison/131169079.html