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Darren Kelly: Killed by Teenage "Vigilantes"
Serial Napper
English - April 21, 2023 23:00 - 21 minutes - 19.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 128 ratingsTrue Crime serial napper true crime crime unsolved murder international Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
This is the story of the senseless murder of Darren Kelly, a 42-year-old father from South Essex, England. He would be accosted by a group of vigilante teenagers who believed he was there to meet up with an underaged girl.
In fact, Darren had been chatting online with a 15-year-girl, who set up this sting operation after becoming obsessed with the idea of catching a predator. She recruited a group of boys to hide in the bushes before the meeting, waiting to attack Darren when he showed up. The situation went from 0 to 10 very quickly, with one of the young men chasing Darren down with a hunting knife, before murdering him. In the end, a man’s life was taken from him - with no evidence to suggest he was even attempting to meet up with a teenager and very little recourse for those involved. The senseless murder of Darren Kelly is a perfect example of vigilante justice gone wrong and why it’s hardly ever a good idea to take the law into your own hands.
Sources:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-essex-36321082
https://www.halsteadgazette.co.uk/news/south_essex_news/14500196.murderer-chris-carroll-20-is-handed-life-prison-sentence-and-will-serve-a-minimum-of-21-years-for-killing-darren-kelly-in-pitsea/
https://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/14435379.eye-witness-describes-moment-darren-kelly-was-chased-down-and-stabbed-to-death-in-pitsea-street/
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/daughter-innocent-dad-killed-paedophile-8281536
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