The Man Australia Sent Home: Simon Wilson’s Whole-Life Crimes
In April 2008, a 71-year-old woman was attacked on her own doorstep in central London. The man who tried to rape and slash her had been in Britain for less than four months.
His name was Simon Wilson. Born in the UK, raised in Australia, he left a trail of extreme sexual violence and murder behind him — including the savage killing of Joan Randell in 1992. When Australia deported him after 16 years in prison, British authorities had almost no power to control him.
Host Alexander Lawson examines the crimes, the legal gaps that let a known predator walk free, and the whole-life sentence that…
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