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He Called Him “Bruv”… Then Shattered His Skull Into 23 Pieces

Philip Peter Heggarty said Derek Bennett was “the brother I never had.”

Then he waited until his best friend was unconscious on the sofa… and attacked him with a hammer.

Twenty-three fractures. One and a half hours to die. A body rolled in a living-room carpet, stuffed into a car, and set on fire.

This is the chilling true story of a charming salesman with 79 previous convictions who finally ran out of masks. A brutal murder driven by pure greed. A whole-life sentence. And a friendship that ended in blood and flames.

Hosted by Alexander Lawson.

Listen now — and never look at the word “bruv”…

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