The Reporter podcast:The Head in the Bag

Gary Adshead’s 40-year journalism career has been spent pursuing the truth,no matter how ugly,dangerous – or ridiculous. From crooks and crimes to state secrets and heroic rescues,we take you behind the headlines.

This week onThe Reporter podcast,Michael Thomson and Gary Adshead discuss the confronting case of Stephen Cookson.

A gifted child and a charming man,Stephen Cookson could have had it all. Instead,he sank deep into the underworld,where one day he got everything he deserved.

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