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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 on The 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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From racing to Rottnest: Piecing together the full story of Perth’s severed head
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.