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00:01I'm sick and tired of living this way
00:05Over and over I pray and I pray
00:11A young mum in trauma
00:14She rang me, she just said to me
00:16I've lost my child, social service, they've just come round
00:19Evie Adams has done nothing wrong
00:21But what about the new man in her life?
00:24No one is coming to rescue me
00:29I didn't know who he was
00:33And if he asked people about him
00:35He's a bad'un, he's a bad'un
00:38And that's all we got
00:40Two troubled lovers sharing a timeline of torment
00:44And then one goes quiet
00:45What has happened to Evie Adams?
00:49It all just kind of changed
00:50But then it was too late for her
00:52She was already in love with him
00:54I'm sick and tired of living this way
00:58Over and over I pray and I pray
01:19At just three years old
01:21Evie Adams quickly formed a deep bond with her foster family
01:25Who welcomed her into their home with open arms
01:29When she came to us at first she was very shy
01:33And within a week she was, she changed
01:36She was starting coming out of herself
01:39Bit of a daredevil, Dippy
01:41She was singing all the time
01:44She was, she was a brilliant child
01:46She absolutely loved Bernard and Yvonne
01:48Absolutely adored them so much
01:50She was like, they've saved me, they've saved me
01:53Like where would I be without them now?
01:57After three years together
01:58The family decides to make things permanent
02:02She absolutely loved it
02:03When we adopted her
02:05All she wanted to do was change her name to ours
02:08And we said, well, no
02:10It's a bit of a wrong time, yeah
02:12When you're old enough
02:13You can change it to ours
02:16Sure enough, on her 16th birthday
02:19She gets what she's always wanted
02:24When Yvonne changed her name
02:25She changed as a person
02:26And because she got our name
02:28It was the big, the big thing
02:30You know, going around telling everybody
02:31I'm not that person before
02:33You know, like with her own name
02:35It was brilliant
02:36I think the adoption and Bernard's family
02:39That secure base was successful
02:42Because, you know, she was able to go to college
02:43She was studying to become a hairdresser
02:46It's while studying that Yvonne meets Holly Drakeley
02:49Who soon becomes part of the family
02:51We instantly, like, had this proper good bond
02:54It was like the sister I'd never had
02:57Kind of situation
02:58She was just, like, an amazing girl
03:00Like, she was just adorable
03:03You just wanted to squeeze her face out
03:05Yvonne makes friends easily
03:07And her infectious personality
03:09Is a hit with the punters
03:11When she lands her first job at 15
03:14Before Yvonne left school
03:15We had a pub
03:17And she used to help out there
03:19She used to glass collect
03:20She'd do anything to help, really
03:22And life at home
03:23Was where Yvonne truly thrived
03:28She really loved being at home
03:29It meant everything to her
03:31She couldn't do enough for you
03:32She wanted to help
03:33You know, can I wash up?
03:34Can I help you cope?
03:36She just loved to be around
03:38People that she loved
03:41She liked to be there
03:42She had a heart of gold
03:43And she just absolutely loved being at home
03:46She enjoyed being around her friends and stuff
03:48Like, she absolutely loved her home life
03:52But it's not the home life Yvonne always had
03:55Yvonne's upbringing when she was a little girl
03:58Was abusive
03:59There was neglect
04:00There was a lot of serious abuse factors
04:03In her early, early years
04:05Yvonne was removed from her birth family
04:08When she was very young
04:09And then she was placed in foster care
04:11She had a rough time with her family
04:13Her family
04:14We're a bit of a notorious family
04:16For getting in trouble with the police
04:18And one thing and another
04:21Nobody taking care of her properly
04:23She would help to walk it streets
04:25It's middle of the night
04:26And that sort of thing
04:30She did tell me she was adopted
04:31And she did say she got abused as a child
04:34But she didn't tell me too much
04:37Like, she weren't reserved about it
04:40Yvonne knows her adopted family transformed her life
04:43And now, at just 16
04:46She's already dreaming of building a home
04:49And a family of her own
04:50When she started going out with Nathan
04:53They came in, we invited him round
04:55Started coming round for his tea
04:57They go in front room
04:59A really nice lad
05:01He was everything her family had hoped
05:04That she would meet
05:05And indeed, the relationship appeared happy
05:11Eventually, she moved out
05:12I weren't happy about that
05:13That they moved out
05:14They moved in together
05:16It was mostly good
05:17Some bad
05:18Like there is in every relationship
05:21But her and Nathan together
05:23Were, like, perfect for each other
05:25I was proud of her
05:26Because she was doing her own thing
05:28We helped her out
05:29They got their own home
05:30They were all making
05:32Say, everything was fine
05:33Fast forward a couple of years
05:35And the pair have some exciting news
05:38Evie would be round about
05:4119 and a half, 20
05:42When she fell pregnant
05:45And she would, she would proud
05:47She would proud, really proud
05:49She were over the moon
05:51When she found out you were a girl
05:52She was just really happy to be pregnant
05:54And she glowed as well through it
05:56The family's excitement
05:58Turns to anguish
05:59When tragedy strikes
06:01With the death of a close relative
06:03Just as Evie goes into labour
06:06At the time, it were
06:09Joyful
06:10And sad
06:12It were, like, mixed emotions
06:13It were turned against each other
06:15All the time
06:16You know, how could God be so cruel
06:19One in and one out on the same day?
06:23She were upset
06:24You could tell in her voice
06:25That she just wasn't happy
06:26We weren't there for Evie at the time
06:28You know, it was like
06:30Postnatal depression
06:31So we weren't actually
06:33There at the time
06:36When she needed us most
06:38She were on her own all day
06:40With the child
06:41And he'd come right home from work
06:43And go round to his mother
06:44He'd take the baby round
06:45And she'd be sat in on her own
06:48And it really
06:51Took her on the downward spiral
06:54Evie's relationship with her partner
06:56Is heading the same way
06:58They were arguing all the time
07:00And it just got a bit too toxic
07:02You can say
07:03So it was just better if they separated
07:05And parted ways
07:07Bernard and his family
07:08Gave her, you know, the money
07:10And the support
07:11To set up on her own somewhere
07:13Evie, the adopted child
07:15Doesn't want to be on her own
07:18She was scared of quite a lot of things
07:19At the time
07:20She didn't know how
07:21She was going to do it alone
07:23She was worried about money
07:25Just the usual stuff
07:27When you part ways with someone
07:29She was just worrying
07:30That she was going to be on her own
07:31All the time
07:33We moved her in the new house
07:35Nathan was still going round
07:36She seemed alright
07:39And then
07:40People started telling us
07:42That there was somebody else there
07:44Jordan Monaghan
07:45Age 28
07:47He's already a father of two
07:50She did tell me
07:51She was going on a date
07:52With someone off Tinder
07:53Called Jordan
07:53So I was like
07:54Right, okay
07:55I was like
07:56Just keep your wits about
07:57You know
07:57You're a young girl
07:58Like you're in a bit
07:59Of a vulnerable position
07:59Just be careful
08:02And then she'd come off the date
08:03She rang me up
08:04And she was like
08:05It seems really lovely
08:06This, that and other
08:07I'm like
08:07Right, okay
08:08Then I'm like
08:08Just take it slow
08:12Quite quickly
08:12There were rumours
08:13That Jordan Monaghan
08:14Was at that new house
08:16Quite a lot
08:17By this point
08:18He'd already got
08:19A reputation
08:20People were talking about him
08:22He had pockets full of money
08:23Wads of money
08:26He's standing in the middle
08:27At the pub
08:27Counting them
08:29I was always saying
08:29Look at what I've got
08:30Type of thing
08:33He had a number of businesses
08:35And his brother had a
08:36Construction building business
08:39They were doing paving
08:40And driveways
08:41And stuff like that
08:42But it never made sense to me
08:44To have that amount of money
08:46Every day
08:48Doesn't come from construction
08:51He was charming
08:52And he were happy
08:54To spend whatever it takes
08:55To make her happy
08:56He'd do anything
08:58To make her happy
08:59So I can understand
09:01Why she didn't want
09:02To know
09:04But some had heard
09:05Otherwise about Jordan
09:07A not so charming side
09:11I didn't know
09:12Who he was
09:14And if he asked people
09:15About him
09:16He's a bad one
09:17He's a bad one
09:18And that's
09:19That's all we got
09:22There was just something
09:23About him that were off
09:25It just clicked in my head
09:26I was like
09:26There's something
09:27Not right with him
09:28And I did try
09:29And explain it to Evie
09:30But she was like
09:31Smitten
09:32And that
09:32She wouldn't listen
09:32She didn't want to know
09:34Evie may not know it
09:36But Jordan lives up
09:38To his reputation
09:39And it's the reason
09:40His ex-partner left him
09:42His partner uncovered
09:44A gambling addiction
09:45And challenged Jordan
09:46On the fact
09:47That he had run up
09:48Considerable debt
09:48Because of the gambling
09:51There were times
09:52I'd seen him put
09:534,500 pound in a bandit
09:55And there are
09:56Further rumours circulating
09:58There were rumours
09:59Going out about
10:00About a lad
10:01Who murdered his kids
10:03Of one of my
10:05Locals of me
10:06The pub that I used to be in
10:09There was rumours
10:10That he murdered the kids
10:14He was under investigation
10:15Because both children died
10:17In suspicious circumstances
10:20Both children were found
10:22To have died
10:23Having been alone
10:23In Jordan's company
10:26As a result
10:27Jordan needs to be
10:28On his guard
10:29When he's out
10:30He couldn't go and black
10:31Because of what happened
10:32With the kids
10:35People
10:36Naughty ways
10:37Were on the lookout for him
10:40Understandably
10:41Evie's adopted parents
10:42Have their concerns
10:44I confronted Evie over it
10:46Oh yeah
10:46Everybody says that about him
10:48They've got him wrong
10:50My big worry
10:52Was the grandchild
10:54If he's done that
10:55Like could he do it again
10:57As tensions rise
10:59And suspicions grow
11:00The questions loom large
11:03Is Evie in deeper danger
11:06Than she realises
11:07And what does this mean
11:09For those closest to her
11:17As Evie and Jordan grow closer
11:21She began to withdraw
11:22From those around her
11:24Her family start to notice
11:26The changes in her
11:27She's becoming secretive
11:29Distant
11:30And lies to them
11:32Now that might be
11:33Because she's also
11:34Trying to protect
11:36Monaghan
11:37And not allow him
11:39To be identified
11:40By her family
11:41As someone
11:42That they should be wary of
11:44The lies just come
11:46Longer and longer
11:48And it got to Stacey
11:49I said look
11:50I don't believe a word
11:51You're telling me
11:51You're lying to me
11:52I said you've made
11:54Me and your mum
11:55Pulled £1,200 out
11:56To buy you an house
11:57To be a love shag
12:00We like drifted apart
12:01She could only bring me
12:02If she went to her dad's
12:06Coerive controlling behaviour
12:08Is at the heart
12:09Of domestic abuse
12:10And that's what
12:11We are seeing here
12:12And that controlling behaviour
12:14Is designed
12:14It's designed with
12:15A particular purpose in mind
12:17And that's to make
12:19Evie dependent on Monaghan
12:21And to isolate her
12:23From her family
12:24And from other sources
12:26Of advice
12:27And that sense of isolation
12:29Is going to be magnified
12:31Within the community
12:32Because Monaghan is suspected
12:35Of having killed his children
12:37And therefore people
12:38Won't want to be seen
12:40To be talking to Evie
12:42And especially
12:42Talking to Monaghan
13:00The police did come to warn Evie
13:03They chose to come
13:04And share information with her
13:05That her child was at risk
13:07That she was at risk
13:10She doesn't for whatever reason
13:12Take heed of the warning
13:14The police are so concerned
13:15They actually take her
13:16To a place of safety
13:17And saying
13:18You're not safe with this man
13:19A restraining order is issued
13:21To keep Jordan away from Evie
13:25Without evidence to charge him
13:27Monaghan is released on bail
13:30As police continue to investigate
13:32The deaths of his children
13:34Despite police warnings
13:36Evie can't stay away from him
13:38Her friend Holly
13:40Is concerned
13:42We all went to Blackpool
13:44For a night out
13:45Me, Evie enjoyed them
13:46We had a really good night
13:47But she couldn't dance
13:51And that's when
13:52It clicked in my head
13:53I thought
13:53This is not right
13:54Like she has to be
13:55By his side constantly
13:56And it wasn't right
13:59Even the bar staff
14:00At their local pub
14:01Noticed the unusual dynamic
14:03Between Evie and Jordan
14:06Evie and Jordan
14:07Roy stayed back in the booth
14:08And they were a bit more
14:09Like Evie
14:10Weren't allowed to do much
14:12She always had to be near him
14:13So she couldn't
14:15Go and enjoy herself
14:16With your friends
14:16If they went off dancing
14:17And stuff
14:18It kind of like
14:19Went from this charming
14:21I'll do anything for you
14:23Kind of person
14:24To you'll do everything
14:25I tell you to do
14:26And you'll like it
14:28Like you could see
14:29His whole demeanour
14:30Changed about him
14:31He'd gone from
14:33Being so nice
14:34To always angry
14:35Always shouting at her
14:38It all just kind of changed
14:40But then it was too late for her
14:42She was already in love with him
14:51Evie and Jordan
14:52Had been together for 12 months
14:55When police once again
14:56Attempt to help Evie
14:58There was a restraining order
14:59In place
15:00But he stopped
15:01Driving a car
15:02With Evie in the car
15:03When he's asked
15:04By the police officers
15:05He said
15:05Oh it's just some bird I met
15:08Even the use of the word bird
15:09Shows complete lack of regard
15:11And respect for Evie
15:12And a complete lack of regard
15:14And respect for the law
15:18Monaghan pleads guilty
15:19To the breach
15:19And receives a 12 week
15:21Suspended sentence
15:23That triggers another intervention
15:25She rang me one day
15:27Saying social services
15:28Have just been around
15:29And I was like
15:30Oh right why
15:30She was like
15:31Because I'm with Jordan
15:32I said right okay
15:33I was like look
15:34I said just do what
15:35Social services want you to do
15:37And she was like
15:37Right okay I will
15:38I was like
15:39And what exactly
15:40If they said
15:40I need to keep Jordan
15:42Away from my daughter
15:43I was like right okay then
15:44So I was like
15:45Just do that
15:46This advice
15:47Was echoed
15:49By Evie's adopted parents
15:50Why just not
15:52Move to another town
15:54Don't tell anybody
15:55Where you are
15:55We'll be in touch
15:57We'll come over every day
15:59No
15:59No
16:01And then a couple of weeks later
16:04I got a phone call
16:05Quite late at night
16:06About 10 o'clock
16:07And she rang me
16:09She just said to me
16:11I've lost my child
16:13I said what
16:14She went I've lost my child
16:16Social services
16:17They've just come round
16:17And took her
16:19And I was like why
16:20She went because Jordan was here
16:24I turned round and told her
16:26The exact reason
16:28She got took away
16:29From her parents
16:30For
16:31Was for what was happening
16:33To her
16:34My heart broke
16:35A little bit for her
16:36Because I thought
16:36You didn't deserve this
16:38But you've made
16:40The wrong decisions
16:41Evie is allowed
16:42A supervised visit
16:44With her baby
16:44Twice a week
16:46She was heartbroken
16:47I mean
16:49Don't get me wrong
16:50She would never
16:50Miss a contact
16:52She loved the child
16:54A bit
16:54And she'd always
16:54Ring up
16:56Every day
16:56See how she were
16:57And how she was doing
16:59You can see why people
17:01Would find that
17:01Really confusing
17:02You know
17:03Why she wouldn't just
17:03Try and leave
17:04That relationship
17:05For me
17:06That raises questions
17:07About how controlling
17:08And powerful
17:09That relationship
17:09Actually is
17:11Why would she stay
17:12And maybe it's not about
17:14Why would she stay
17:15Maybe it's about
17:16Why couldn't she leave
17:20She's actually
17:20Come to her house
17:21And she bruises on her arm
17:22So what's happened there
17:23Oh I fell
17:24I said how many times
17:25I was 10
17:27Yeah I've definitely
17:28Witnessed him
17:29Showering at her
17:30Yeah definitely
17:31And I've witnessed him
17:33Get aggressive
17:33With other people
17:34As well
17:35There are financial
17:36Pressures on the
17:37Relationship
17:38Causing tension
17:39For Evie
17:40Went out with me
17:41One night
17:41And somebody
17:42Turned around
17:43And said to me
17:43That Jordan's been
17:44Sacked from his job
17:45I said well what's
17:45He been sacked for
17:46He said because people
17:47Has been ringing up
17:48And telling the company
17:49He worked for
17:50That he's a murderer
17:51He's killed his kids
17:54And it was for his own
17:55Safety they finished him
17:56Now that's when she
17:57Started
17:59Saying she'd no money
18:01And he'd shopping
18:04She weren't paying her rent
18:07But she was on benefits
18:08So where was the money going
18:12It was just unbelievable
18:13Evie is evicted
18:15Her life as she knows it
18:17Is falling apart
18:19She'd obviously
18:20Lost a baby
18:21She went from a stable home
18:22To living into hostels
18:24And things like that
18:25Just trying to get by
18:26Before she was Jordan
18:28She was happy
18:29Goal
18:29Okay
18:30Like going out
18:31But he stopped all that
18:33He cut
18:34All her friends off
18:35They couldn't have
18:36Couldn't have anything
18:38To do with anybody
18:40She's lost her child
18:41She's lost her house
18:42She's living in a homeless shelter
18:44Like what else
18:45Can she lose
18:57Evie wants to regain
18:59Custody of her daughter
19:00And hopes to escape
19:02Jordan Monaghan
19:03She moves
19:05Into a women's refuge
19:0650 miles away
19:08In Kendal
19:09But Jordan
19:10Won't give her up
19:11Without a fight
19:13She tried to end it
19:14She rang me
19:16He's following me
19:17I said ring the police
19:19No I don't want to
19:20I don't want to
19:21Take it that far
19:22But he's following me
19:23Wherever I go
19:25I mean if she's not
19:26Safe in a refuge
19:26You wonder
19:28How can she ever be safe
19:30They were tracking her phone
19:31To find out where she was
19:33Accusing her of being
19:33With other men
19:37When that tactic fails
19:39Jordan goes to extreme lengths
19:41Police went to see her
19:45He was on the rooftop
19:47Impressed and threatened
19:48To jump
19:48Because she wouldn't have
19:50Nothing to do with him
19:53She's positioned as
19:55The cause and the solution
19:56To his behaviour
19:58You know
19:58To his suicide attempt
19:59That she's the only one
20:01That can make him feel better
20:02So you know
20:03Maybe that did
20:04Sort of pull them back together
20:06Or draw Evie back
20:07Maybe she felt responsible
20:09That she was supposed to be
20:10In that relationship
20:11Because if she isn't
20:12He's going to kill himself
20:14Jordan's tactic works
20:26Evie is again shut off
20:28From the outside world
20:29As Monaghan controls
20:31Her every move
20:33And you can imagine
20:34From her past
20:35He would use that as well
20:37To completely undermine
20:38Her self-esteem
20:39Her confidence
20:40You'd never be worth anything
20:42Because of what happened
20:42To you when you're younger
20:43You might as well be with me
20:44Because nobody else will have you
20:47She went from
20:48Her happy bubbly self
20:50To this shadow
20:52In about three months
20:55It went quick
20:56And it went fast
20:57That wasn't my best friend
21:00That was just some lost soul
21:01That had been beaten down
21:04So much
21:05That she just wasn't
21:07Who she was
21:08It wasn't Evie anymore
21:16Still under Monaghan's influence
21:19Evie is heading to Blackpool
21:21For a short break with him
21:22And some friends
21:23But it's not the respite
21:26She might have hoped for
21:30So during the holiday
21:33During that break
21:33When they were together
21:34With the other couple
21:35Jordan had become aggressive
21:37He was argumentative
21:39He'd slammed doors
21:41He'd stormed off
21:42He'd punched a wall
21:43Their friends are deeply concerned
21:45Even more so
21:46When they witness
21:47An odd exchange
21:48Between Evie and Monaghan
21:50The other couple
21:52That they'd gone away with
21:53On their break
21:54Reported
21:55Seeing Jordan
21:57Give Evie
21:58Tablets out of a brown glass bottle
22:01He told her
22:02They were painkillers
22:03And even the friends
22:04Thought it was a bit odd
22:05Because the glass bottle
22:06They were using
22:07They went out of date
22:08A long time ago
22:13And it was
22:13The day after
22:15They got back
22:15From that short break
22:16That Evie said
22:18This relationship is over
22:19I'm done
22:28Evie Adams
22:28Begins searching
22:29For a new flat to live in
22:31Desperate to escape
22:33The toxic relationship
22:36Monaghan
22:36Is making other plans
22:38Within a few days
22:41Of Evie making it clear
22:42That this relationship
22:43Is over
22:43Jordan
22:44Is on a WhatsApp group
22:46UK tablets
22:47And he's looking
22:49To procure
22:49Zopiclone
22:50Diazepam
22:51And gabapentin
22:53A shopping list
22:55Of drugs
22:55Usually prescribed
22:57For pain relief
22:58But if taken
22:59Enlarged doses
23:00Can be extremely dangerous
23:02Those kind of drugs
23:03Change people's behaviours
23:05Their resolve
23:05Their determination
23:06Their whole characters
23:08Within a couple of days
23:11Evie starts to feel
23:12Very unwell
23:18Too unwell to leave the house
23:21Evie's search for a new flat
23:23Is put on hold
23:24So you've now got
23:26A more compliant Evie
23:28You've not got an Evie
23:29Who wants to leave
23:29And that's exactly
23:30What Jordan
23:31Was looking for
23:32He says
23:34I'm feeling really sick
23:35I've looked online
23:38And I've got
23:38Stomach flu
23:40I said to him
23:41What gives you that idea
23:42Well I said
23:43I'll come down
23:44And take you to doctors
23:45Oh no no no no
23:46Oh no no
23:48I've made an appointment
23:49I've made an appointment
23:54Jordan Monaghan calls
23:56NHS 111
23:58Reporting Evie's symptoms
24:00As four days of vomiting
24:02And dizziness
24:03An appointment is made
24:05But he's not taking her
24:06To the doctor's appointments
24:07He receives return calls
24:10From the 111 service
24:12But they're ignored
24:13So Evie takes matters
24:16Into her own hands
24:18There is a text message
24:19That Evie sends
24:20When she's very ill
24:21To her friends
24:22Saying Jordan
24:23Keeps stressing
24:24He won't let me see a doctor
24:25Monaghan seems determined
24:28To keep Evie from recovering
24:34Monaghan calls 111 again
24:36This time reporting Evie
24:39As having abdominal pain
24:41Two return calls are ignored
24:44So we've got a man
24:45Who is denying her access
24:48For help
24:48And when it appears
24:49She's sharing that
24:51With a friend
24:51All of a sudden
24:52He's the caring boyfriend
24:53I'm on it
24:54I've got this
24:54111
24:55I'm all over it
24:56Don't worry
24:56I'm looking after it
24:59Evie's condition
25:00Deteriorates
25:01You couldn't make
25:02A new tale
25:03Of what she was saying
25:04She was
25:05You know
25:06Like she was drunk
25:08She's going to be
25:09Presenting to people
25:10If she is coming
25:10Into contact with them
25:11As maybe
25:12Oh she's a druggie
25:13Oh she's drunk
25:14So people are less likely
25:15To want to engage with her
25:18We can only really imagine
25:19How confusing
25:20And terrifying
25:21That must be
25:22The feeling
25:23That something
25:25Is going horribly wrong
25:26And you don't know
25:27What it is
25:29And you're taking
25:30These tablets
25:31That your partner
25:32Is telling you to take
25:33But you're getting
25:34Worse and worse
25:36It must have been
25:38Terrifying
25:38When Evie
25:40Misses the chance
25:41To visit her daughter
25:42Bernard and his wife
25:44Know it's serious
25:47She says
25:48Mum
25:49I can't get there
25:50I'm that hell
25:51The state that Evie
25:53Would have been in
25:53Because of the amount
25:55Of sedative drug
25:56That she's been given
25:57It's likely that she
25:58Wouldn't have known
25:59What she was taking
26:00Or how many she'd taken
26:01That day
26:02For her to miss a visit
26:03It was just
26:05Nowhere
26:07She'd have walked
26:07From Kendall
26:09When she was up
26:09At Kendall
26:10She'd have walked
26:10From Kendall
26:11All the way
26:12To Blackburn
26:12To see her
26:15He doesn't want her
26:16To leave the house
26:17Even if she could
26:19A moment of relief
26:21When Bernard's wife
26:22Hears from Evie
26:24She got a text message
26:25Put some stuff
26:27Outside your door
26:27So my wife
26:29Goes to the door
26:30There's like a wicker basket
26:31With bits of bats
26:33And coloured stuff
26:34I came home
26:35Looked on CCTV
26:36It was a girl
26:38That had brought stuff
26:39It weren't a
26:39So obviously
26:41It weren't
26:42Her
26:43Texting
26:44Saying that she'd come
26:46Coercive control
26:47Is a pattern of behaviour
26:49That an abuser
26:50Will use
26:51To establish dominance
26:52Over the victim
26:54Within their relationship
26:56And often one of the tactics
26:57That the abuser
26:58Will use
26:59Is to limit
27:00The amount of contacts
27:01That the victim
27:03Has externally
27:04From the relationship
27:06Because if you can
27:07Reduce the number
27:08Of contacts
27:09Family and friends
27:10That the victim
27:11Would normally
27:12Seek advice from
27:13Then that will mean
27:15That the victim
27:16Becomes more dependent
27:18Upon the abuser
27:19So this is about
27:21Domination
27:21This is about
27:23Making the victim
27:24Feel that
27:26They only can
27:27Have a relationship
27:29With the person
27:30Who's abusing them
27:32It's now been
27:33Two months
27:34Since Holly
27:34Spoke to her friend
27:36I tried to ring her
27:37One day
27:38And I got a message
27:39I can't speak to you
27:40At the minute
27:41I'll ring her
27:41When I get to my dad's
27:42Just to do it
27:43Okay
27:44That phone call
27:45Never came
27:48Sorry
27:50Yeah
27:50That phone call
27:51Never came
27:53In the ten days
27:55Since Evie
27:56First reported
27:57Feeling ill
27:58She's not seen
27:59A doctor
28:00During this time
28:01She has unknowingly
28:03Taken a combination
28:04Of prescription drugs
28:05Given to her
28:07By Monaghan
28:07The effects
28:09Are shocking
28:09Evie
28:11Has sent this text
28:12Message to Jordan
28:13Saying I feel
28:14Like I'm dying
28:15She doesn't know
28:17That the purpose
28:18Of those drugs
28:19Is to suppress
28:21Her system
28:21So her heart rate
28:23Is probably
28:24Going to be very low
28:25Her breathing rate
28:26Will have slowed down
28:27It's causing
28:28A lot of damage
28:29And so to say
28:30You know
28:31I feel like I'm dying
28:32She probably did feel
28:34Like she was dying
28:34Because everything
28:35Was shutting down
28:41Whilst at work
28:42Monaghan receives
28:43A text message
28:44Seemingly from Evie
28:46I've taken the drugs
28:47And I don't want
28:48To be here anymore
28:48And I don't want
28:49To help
28:50His aunt goes
28:51Around to the house
28:52To check on Evie
28:53And that's when
28:54They find Evie
28:55In a really dangerous
28:56Situation medically
28:57And an ambulance
28:58Is called
29:01Jordan returns
29:03To the address
29:04The paramedics are there
29:06The police are there
29:07And he cries
29:09And he also claims
29:12To give over
29:13The blister packs
29:14Of the medication
29:15That he thought
29:16Evie might be taking
29:18They don't know it yet
29:20But Monaghan
29:21Has Evie's phone
29:23Bernard and his wife
29:25Have no idea
29:26The events
29:27Which are unfolding
29:28Across town
29:29We were sat there
29:31Watching telly
29:31About ten past ten
29:33At night
29:35Police sergeant
29:36Knocks on the door
29:37Can I come in
29:38My heart's up
29:39Can I come in
29:40I'll tell you
29:41Evie Adams
29:42Yeah
29:44Sadly she's passed away
29:45She's committed suicide
29:53I was sat at work
29:54I'd just finished
29:55A night shift
29:56I was sat at work
29:57And I started laughing
29:58And I was like
29:59She can't be dead
30:00Like
30:00She said she was
30:01Going to ring me
30:02Like she'd never
30:03Not ring me
30:05I'm sorry
30:07Her family and friends
30:08Are struggling
30:09To understand
30:10What has happened
30:12To Evie
30:12Why would
30:13Why would she
30:14Commit suicide
30:14She wouldn't
30:16Miss
30:17The child
30:18For anything
30:18I mean
30:19If it meant
30:20Walking from London
30:21She'd walk
30:21She'd walk
30:22She just would not
30:23Miss that contact
30:24She'd never leave
30:25A child ever
30:26She just wouldn't
30:27Do that
30:30I just knew
30:31Something inside me
30:32Just knew that
30:32She wasn't to blame
30:34He was
30:35Monaghan
30:36Monaghan is already
30:37Suspected
30:37Of killing his
30:38Children
30:39By people
30:39In the community
30:40And news
30:42Of Evie's
30:43Death
30:43Quickly spreads
30:44Online
30:45The fallout
30:47Immediately after
30:48The death
30:48On social media
30:49It were big
30:50It were big
30:51Because
30:53This girl
30:54In a relationship
30:54With someone
30:55And now she's
30:56Dead
30:56What's happened
30:59Like
31:00What's happened
31:00To her
31:01Despite initial
31:02Evidence
31:03Suggesting suicide
31:04After just
31:0524 hours
31:07The police
31:08Have another
31:09Theory
31:09For his
31:10Major
31:10Turned around
31:11And told the
31:13Straits
31:13They were
31:1499%
31:15Sure
31:16That it
31:17Wasn't
31:19Suicide
31:22She'd been
31:23Murdered
31:26Monaghan
31:27Is a key
31:28Suspect
31:29But the
31:30Police
31:30Have no
31:31Evidence
31:32To charge
31:32Him
31:38As investigators
31:40Try to piece
31:41Together
31:41What has
31:42Happened
31:42To Evie
31:43Adams
31:43Her
31:44Suspected
31:45Killer
31:45Jordan
31:46Monaghan
31:47Is back
31:48To his
31:48Old ways
31:49Drinking
31:50And gambling
31:50Down
31:51At the
31:51Local pub
31:52He soon
31:53Makes
31:53Friends
31:54At the
31:54Bar
31:54With
31:55Jake
31:55Marsden
31:56And
31:56Sue
31:57Dorries
31:59The only
31:59Story
31:59I knew
32:00For a
32:00Long
32:00Time
32:01Was
32:01Evie
32:02Wasn't
32:02So
32:02Well
32:02And
32:03Evie
32:03Took
32:03Tablets
32:04And
32:04Committed
32:04Suicide
32:05Purposely
32:06I
32:07I just
32:07Started
32:07Chatting
32:08To him
32:08He told
32:08Me
32:09A little
32:09Bit
32:09About
32:10Evie
32:10Told
32:10Me
32:10That
32:11Obviously
32:11She
32:11Committed
32:12Suicide
32:13So
32:13To me
32:14It
32:14Was
32:14Just
32:14Oh
32:14Bless
32:15I'm
32:15Really
32:15Sorry
32:16But
32:16Tried
32:17To
32:17Make
32:18A bit
32:18Light
32:19For
32:19Him
32:19Because
32:20He
32:20Seemed
32:20Really
32:20Sad
32:28He
32:29Went
32:29To
32:29A
32:29Solicitor
32:30So
32:30She
32:30Couldn't
32:31She
32:31Couldn't
32:32Actually
32:32Have
32:33A funeral
32:33For
32:34Over
32:34A
32:34Month
32:34Because
32:35We
32:35Were
32:35Waiting
32:36For
32:36Some
32:36Decision
32:36And
32:37One
32:37Thing
32:37And
32:37Another
32:39I
32:39Know
32:39There
32:39Was
32:40A
32:40Lot
32:40Of
32:40Concerns
32:41Because
32:41He
32:41Threatened
32:42To
32:42Turn
32:43Up
32:43At
32:43The
32:43Funeral
32:44And
32:44Firebomb
32:45The
32:45Police
32:47We
32:48Got
32:48A
32:48Body
32:48Moved
32:49Out
32:50Of
32:50Town
32:50As
32:51We
32:51Expected
32:51Him
32:52Breaking
32:52In
32:53You
32:54Know
32:54That
32:55That
32:55Person
32:55They
32:56Were
32:56Monaghan
32:57Playing
32:57The
32:58Role
32:58Of
32:59Being
32:59A
32:59Grieving
33:00Partner
33:01My
33:02Partner
33:02Evie
33:03Committed
33:03Suicide
33:04He's
33:05Trying
33:05To
33:05Elicit
33:06Sympathy
33:06He's
33:07Trying
33:08To
33:08Get
33:08The
33:08Community
33:09On
33:09Side
33:10At
33:11The
33:11Same
33:11Time
33:12It's
33:12Another
33:12Form
33:13Of
33:13Control
33:13He's
33:14Demonstrating
33:15The
33:15Same
33:15Level
33:16Of
33:16Control
33:16That
33:17He
33:17Did
33:17When
33:17Evie
33:18Was
33:18Alive
33:18This
33:19Is
33:19Just
33:19Another
33:20Manifestation
33:21Of
33:21His
33:21Need
33:22To
33:22Have
33:22Power
33:22To
33:23Obliterate
33:23Her
33:24Personality
33:25And
33:25And I
33:26And I
33:26And I
33:26Get
33:26The
33:26Sense
33:27This
33:27Is
33:27A
33:27Kind
33:28Of
33:28Verbal
33:28Staging
33:29Behaviour
33:30He's
33:31Trying
33:31To
33:31Plant
33:31Seeds
33:32In
33:32The
33:33Community
33:33As
33:34To
33:34What
33:34Happened
33:35To
33:35Evie
33:36That
33:36Isn't
33:36True
33:37He's
33:37Trying
33:37To
33:38Plant
33:38The
33:38Seed
33:38That
33:38She
33:39Took
33:39Her
33:39Own
33:39Life
33:39Whereas
33:40In
33:40Fact
33:40Monaghan
33:41Killed
33:42Her
33:47Bernard
33:48Is
33:49Determined
33:50To
33:50Keep
33:50Monaghan
33:51Away
33:51From
33:52The
33:52Funeral
33:52But
33:53Monaghan
33:54Himself
33:55Has
33:55Other
33:56Ideas
33:57Perhaps
33:58Looking
33:59For
33:59An
33:59Opportunity
34:00To
34:01Plant
34:01Evidence
34:02Jordan
34:03Asks
34:03A
34:04Mutual
34:04Friend
34:04To
34:05Put
34:05A
34:06Photograph
34:07In
34:07Evie's
34:08Coffin
34:08And
34:09So
34:09He
34:09Invites
34:10The
34:10Friend
34:10Over
34:10To
34:10The
34:11House
34:11To
34:11Get
34:12This
34:12Photo
34:12He
34:13Picked
34:13Something
34:14Up
34:15And
34:16This
34:17Suicide
34:17Note
34:18Dropped
34:19Out
34:19Of
34:19The
34:20Picture
34:20From
34:20But
34:22It
34:22Weren't
34:22Even
34:22At
34:22The
34:23House
34:23This
34:23Was
34:23His
34:23Parents
34:24House
34:24You
34:25Know
34:25It
34:26Just
34:26Doesn't
34:27Make
34:27Sense
34:29Hand
34:30Writing
34:30Experts
34:30Are
34:31Drafted
34:31In
34:31To
34:32Try
34:32And
34:32Make
34:32Sense
34:33Of
34:33This
34:33New
34:33Evie
34:35Funeral
34:36Goes
34:36Ahead
34:37There
34:38Was
34:38Police
34:38At
34:39Gates
34:39Going
34:39In
34:40All
34:40Different
34:41Exits
34:42And
34:42We
34:43Were
34:43Went
34:43For
34:43The
34:43Week
34:43After
34:44The
34:44Police
34:45Was
34:45Outside
34:46There
34:46Back
34:46And
34:46Front
34:46All
34:48The
34:48Time
34:51It
34:52Wasn't
34:52Sad
34:53It
34:53Was
34:53Happy
34:53Everybody
34:55Were
34:55There
34:55To
34:56Celebrate
34:57Evie's
34:57Life
34:57Monaghan
34:59Remains
34:59Out
34:59On
35:00Bail
35:00He
35:01Surrounds
35:01Himself
35:02With
35:02People
35:03Who
35:03Are
35:03Unaware
35:04Of
35:04His
35:04Secrets
35:05He
35:06Ended
35:06Up
35:06Being
35:06My
35:07Like
35:07Little
35:07Drinking
35:08Partner
35:08Type
35:08Thing
35:08Partner
35:09In
35:09Crime
35:09And
35:09Yeah
35:10It
35:10Was
35:10Always
35:11Fun
35:12And
35:12A
35:13Good
35:13Laugh
35:15We
35:16Had
35:16A
35:16Party
35:16At
35:17The
35:17Pub
35:17For
35:17My
35:18Birthday
35:19And
35:19It
35:20Was
35:20Funny
35:20Because
35:20There
35:21Was
35:21A
35:21Couple
35:21Of
35:21Girls
35:22And
35:22Polish
35:23Girls
35:23Come
35:24In
35:24Really
35:25Nice
35:25Girls
35:25And
35:26They
35:26Were
35:26Talking
35:26To
35:27Jake
35:27And
35:27Jordan
35:27And
35:29They
35:30Don't
35:30Know
35:30What
35:30To
35:30Do
35:30He
35:31Said
35:31I
35:31Never
35:31Been
35:31Out
35:32With
35:32A
35:32Girl
35:33Since
35:33I
35:33Went
35:33Out
35:33With
35:33Evie
35:34He
35:35Said
35:35I
35:35Just
35:36I
35:36I'm
35:36A
35:36Bit
35:36Nervous
35:37In
35:38The
35:38Wake
35:38Of
35:38Such
35:39A
35:39Profound
35:39Loss
35:40The
35:40Anger
35:41And
35:41Frustration
35:42Is
35:42Impossible
35:43To
35:43Ignore
35:44He
35:44He's
35:45Taken
35:45My
35:45Best
35:45Friend's
35:46Life
35:46And
35:46He's
35:46Out
35:46On
35:46Bill
35:47Walking
35:47Round
35:47And
35:48He
35:48Could
35:48Be
35:48Talking
35:49To
35:49Any
35:49Other
35:49Girls
35:50Who
36:00Moved
36:00On
36:00Got
36:00Away
36:01With
36:01That
36:01Killed
36:02His
36:02Two
36:02Children
36:02Got
36:03Away
36:03With
36:03That
36:03Killed
36:04Evie
36:04Got
36:04Away
36:04With
36:04That
36:04God
36:05I'm
36:05Good
36:05I'm
36:05Good
36:06At
36:06This
36:06Yeah
36:06This
36:07Is
36:07My
36:07Life
36:08But
36:09What
36:09He
36:09Doesn't
36:09Know
36:10Is
36:10That
36:10Actually
36:11The
36:11Toxicology
36:12In
36:13Evie's
36:13Body
36:13Is
36:13Looked
36:14At
36:14And
36:14There's
36:15Concerns
36:15About
36:15The
36:16Level
36:16Of
36:16Drugs
36:16The
36:17Report
36:17Stated
36:17That
36:17The
36:18Opiate
36:18Levels
36:18In
36:19Evie's
36:19Blood
36:19Were
36:30Proof
36:30Of
36:31Who
36:31Caused
36:31It
36:33It's
36:33Been
36:33Nine
36:34Months
36:34Since
36:34Evie
36:35Was
36:35Poisoned
36:36And
36:36Monaghan
36:37Is
36:38Moving
36:38On
36:40He
36:41Always
36:41Had
36:41A
36:41Big
36:42Wallet
36:42Full
36:42Of
36:42Cash
36:43And
36:43Always
36:43Seemed
36:44To
36:45If
36:45You
36:45Wanted
36:46Something
36:46You
36:46Can
36:46Just
36:46Pay
36:47For
36:47It
36:48And
36:48Never
36:49Like
36:49A
36:49Little
36:49Bit
36:50It
36:50Was
36:50Always
36:50A
36:50Big
36:51Amount
36:51Of
36:52Money
36:52Like
36:54But
36:54He
36:54Was
36:54Constantly
36:55With
36:55Everybody
36:55Do
36:56They
36:56Need
36:56To
36:56Lend
36:56Some
36:57Money
37:00There's
37:00Just
37:00Something
37:01Not
37:01Right
37:01There's
37:02Something
37:02Not
37:02Sitting
37:03Right
37:05It
37:05Started
37:05To
37:05Get
37:06Seem
37:06More
37:06Shady
37:07And
37:07Shadier
37:08As
37:09The
37:09Time
37:09Went
37:09On
37:10As
37:10Monaghan
37:11Becomes
37:11More
37:12Elusive
37:12He's
37:13Quick
37:13To
37:14Offer
37:14An
37:15Explanation
37:15To
37:16His
37:16Friends
37:16He
37:17Go
37:17And
37:17See
37:17Solicitor
37:18And
37:18Go
37:18Miss
37:18Him
37:18For
37:19A
37:19Few
37:19Days
37:19So
37:20That
37:20Used
37:20To
37:20Be
37:21On
37:21A
37:21Monday
37:22Monday
37:23To
37:23A
37:23Thursday
37:23And
37:24Then
37:24He
37:24Back
37:24On
37:25Friday
37:26And
37:27He
37:27Was
37:27Like
37:27Oh
37:27We've
37:27Been
37:27A
37:28Week
37:28I've
37:29Been
37:29Working
37:31But
37:31Then
37:31As
37:31It
37:31Went
37:32On
37:32And
37:32Went
37:32On
37:32That's
37:33How
37:33It
37:33More
37:33Come
37:34Out
37:34With
37:34Seeing
37:34The
37:34Solicitor
37:35And
37:36I
37:36Had
37:36To
37:36Stay
37:36It
37:36For
37:36A
37:37Few
37:37Days
37:37For
37:37Questioning
37:38And
37:38Then
37:38You
37:39Ask
37:39Why
37:39You
37:39What
37:40You
37:40What
37:40You
37:40Been
37:40Questioned
37:41For
37:41I
37:42Was
37:42Suspicious
37:45Lee
37:46Suspicions
37:47Grow
37:47Following
37:48An
37:49Argument
37:49At
37:49The
37:49Pub
37:50When
37:50A
37:50Woman
37:51A
37:51Friend
37:52Of
37:52Monaghan
37:52Ex
37:53Partner
37:53Mentions
37:54Having
37:55Heard
37:55About
37:56Evie's
37:56Death
37:57She
37:57Recalling
37:58Him
37:58A
37:58Murderer
37:58That
37:59Was
37:59My
37:59First
37:59Real
37:59Proper
38:01Inkling
38:01With
38:02Everything
38:02Into
38:02Evie
38:03And
38:03The
38:03Other
38:03Two
38:03Children
38:05She
38:05Told
38:05Him
38:06You
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38:09You
38:09You
38:10You
38:11And
38:12Then
38:12You
38:12Start
38:12Thinking
38:13Well
38:13These
38:13Accusations
38:14Have
38:14Come
38:14Out
38:15So
38:15Many
38:15Of
38:16Them
38:17There's
38:17Got
38:17To
38:17Be
38:17Some
38:18Truth
38:18He
38:20Didn't
38:20Come
38:20Across
38:21Dangerous
38:21To
38:22Anybody
38:22He
38:23Didn't
38:23He
38:24Was
38:24Just
38:24A
38:24Young
38:24Lad
38:25He
38:25Didn't
38:26Pose
38:26Any
38:26Threat
38:27To
38:27Nobody
38:28You
38:28Know
38:29He
38:29Just
38:30Seemed
38:30A
38:30Happy
38:31Sometimes
38:31Sad
38:32Because
38:32Obviously
38:33Of
38:33What
38:33Had
38:33Happened
38:33To
38:33Him
38:34But
38:34The
38:34Rest
38:35Of
38:35the time he was just having a drink and having a laugh with everybody but we were all dragged under
38:40an illusion sue is surprised to learn the truth about her friend monaghan when she's visited by
38:50the police they said to me then about children and they said do not let him anywhere near children
38:57he is not allowed in the vicinity of children and i'm like why and the police asked me what
39:03did i know about his children i said well i knew that they passed away i said but it was
39:07like six
39:08years ago i said for a genetic something genetic that they died of the police are closing in
39:17detectives are then getting the best experts they can find and we talk about 12 experts from a wide
39:24range of disciplines to just look at not just evie's death but also the death of the two children
39:31as part of the investigation officers examined jordan's phone and accessed his whatsapp messages
39:39and they uncovered clear evidence of him ordering and purchasing the drugs that were later found
39:47in evie's body after her death this evidence strongly indicates that jordan was not only buying the drugs
39:57but also administering them to evie
40:05jordan is then re-arrested and he's charged with the murder of his two children and of evie
40:13in october 2021 jordan monaghan appears at preston crown court the friends who thought they knew him
40:22appear in court too made me sick that i'd been in association with somebody that could do something
40:30that evil and not flinch
40:35not flinch you know when you look at someone you can see that they're sorry
40:40he didn't look like that in court
40:42and he was sat at the back row so he was sat at the very back
40:46he was just slouched like he knew what was coming anywhere
40:50he knew he was already going to stay in prison for majority of his life
40:53he knew he was going to get found guilty he knew his time was up of the lies that he'd
40:58been telling
41:00felt like i'd been tricked whoever this person was was just a big cover-up and a big fake and
41:06all
41:06all these laugh laughable times and memories i've had weren't even real how can he stand there and be sad
41:15over evie's death and when her the anniversary of her birthday was be sad and show us all pictures of
41:22how much he loved her and all the rest of it when apparently he did this to her
41:29and leaving all us lot thinking everything was fine that a man could do something like that
41:36that's just it's insane it's insane to me that somebody can do that
41:42during the trial a linguistics expert presents evidence on the suicide note
41:47the particular thing they asked me about in court was a phone call that jordan told me about
41:51he said he'd had a number of phone calls when evie died the night evie died
41:55that he'd missed on his phone and he was working in a warehouse
41:58and then when he eventually answered they told him he would that evie had died
42:02in my eyes if someone ruined me and told me my girlfriend had died that
42:06you made out your love so dearly
42:08he'd have dropped everything at work and gone straight home he finished his shift and then
42:12went home i thought well he's getting he's getting sent down
42:15it's got this serious um so i said because nobody ever spoke about it for a long time
42:21nobody knew how serious it was um yeah at that point i thought yeah he's going down
42:32jordan monahan is found guilty of murdering his 21 month old son his one month old daughter
42:39and 23 year old evie adams i mean people said bring back hanging i don't i don't i don't want
42:47anything
42:48like that i want him to be tortured every day in prison like he tortured her i hate him but
42:54i don't
42:55want him to die i don't want him to take the coward's way out and commit suicide i want him
42:59to pay for
42:59exactly what he's done to them babies and to evie because if he takes the coward's way out and kills
43:05himself then that's just what he wants to do that's his choice and no he shouldn't have a choice anymore
43:11evie didn't have a choice so why does he get a choice
43:18jordan monahan is sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 40 years
43:25there's no doubt this guy had he not been arrested for the murder of evie would have gone on
43:31and perpetrated the exact same type of behaviors that evie fell foul of definitely don't feel like
43:37have i got justice for evie never will have never will do the word monster i don't think that even
43:45touches the sides with this is much worse than that evie's family and friends are left to pick up the
43:58pieces but the scars remain i mean it's an hindsight now but we had a chance and i took her
44:05away you know
44:07gone away you know abroad or something for a few months just just to get her away from him but
44:16just one of them things in it you live and learn i just wish i could have picked her up
44:22throw her
44:22over my shoulder and took her away and just took her out of the situation because she just didn't
44:27deserve it at all jordan monaghan completely took over her life and then ended it and tragically despite
44:35the family's love the best efforts they couldn't have done anything to change that
44:45bernard and his family have created a memorial garden to celebrate evie's memory providing a
44:53special place for her daughter to enjoy when it's warm she'll sit there she'll sit in the sleeper hey
45:02mom i'm doing this today and doing that and say granddad what love your mom's just been watching me
45:12you know when a butterfly goes past i'm like
45:16she lives through her daughter now she's doing amazing she'll be so proud of her the evie i remember
45:23is fun loving always dancing always singing get up and on karaoke in empty room you know it's just just
45:32funny it's hard and she'll never be replaced ever i'll never forget her she'll always be there somewhere
45:40always
45:42so
45:52so
45:59so
46:14so
46:17so
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