EXCLUSIVE: Audible and Brit presenter Yinka Bokinni are teaming on a podcast that will examine real-life cases in which criminals were hiding in plain sight including soccer coach Barry Bennell and disgraced news anchor Huw Edwards.
Produced by ITN Productions, Beyond Suspicion: The Criminals Who Betrayed Our Trust will take a deep dive into shocking examples of everyday people masking abuse, manipulation and murder.
Before delving into the gap between media portrayal and true story, each episode will open with a cinematic reconstruction of the subject’s life and crimes, narrated by Bokinni.
Examples include Bennell, a soccer coach who served a 34-year sentence after being convicted of a series of child sex offences. The pod will also tell the story of Edwards, who last year pled guilty to making indecent images of children having for decades been one of the BBC’s lead anchors. Another subject will be Ian Paterson, the surgeon who left hundreds of patients disfigured after carrying out needless operations.
Bokinni is a British TV and radio host who is helming the BBC’s upcoming P Diddy: The Rise and Fall.
Bokinni said: “Working with Audible and being able to create this original podcast has been truly eye opening. What struck me most while making this podcast is just how normal these people appeared to everyone around them. These are stories not just of crime, but of trust, deception, and silence. We owe it to the victims to understand how this happens so it might never happen again.”
The pod launches today.