“People don’t understand the financial loss, the emotional loss… the children have lost friends.”
Sue Beere’s husband, John, was jailed for his role in a £53 million drug-smuggling plot.
He’s spent time in a maximum-security prison. He’s lost two appeals.
But Sue has never doubted his innocence.
Alongside charity Appeal, Sue continues to campaign for his conviction to be quashed - and for all the ‘Freshwater Five’ implicated in the alleged cocaine conspiracy to be exonerated.
In this compelling conversation with Olly, Sue recounts how - from John’s unexpected arrest to the shocking outcome of his trial - she has battled stigma, financial struggles, and the British legal system… from her family home on the Isle of Wight.
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Meanwhile, in the Zeitgeist, Ollie Peart is hunting for a cure for Seasonal Affective Disorder…
Might a simple vitamin tablet do the trick, or is it worth investing in a 10,000 lux therapy lamp?
Or, could the trend for Nordic bathing - plunging from a piping hot sauna into freezing cold water - be a mood-boosting salve for S.A.D?
Ollie drags Olly along to the Saltwater Sauna in Sandbanks to find out…
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Elsewhere, in the Foxhole, Alix Fox fresh from a mind-blowing movie preview - investigates the booming market in A.I. girlfriends, and uncovers some tasty neologisms for part-time asexuals.
Could an over-reliance on ‘fap GPT’ be a bedroom boner-killer?
And do straight men get emotional support from their interactions with sex-bots?
With the help of psychotherapist Silva Neves, specialist in sexual compulsive behaviour, and sex robot researcher Dr Chloé Locatelli from King’s College London, Alix has the answers… probably.
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Finally, for our record of the month we turn to Vince Freeman, whose new single, ‘Blame Myself’ - taken from his forthcoming album ‘Scars, Ghosts & Glory’ - is out now 👇
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