A Murder Without End is the award-winning true crime story of how the death of Joshua Hayes in Jacksonville, Florida, led to a tragedy in Scotland, to one of the longest extradition court battles in British legal history, and how one mother fought for justice beyond anyone’s expectations. Award-winning journalist Tristan Stewart-Robertson takes you on a journey across decades and continents, and brings to light how murder doesn't just kill the victim. Best Indie Podcast,
Signal Awards 2023 - Silver
Best Indie Podcast, Signal Awards 2023 - Listener's Choice

Jacksonville, Florida. August 10th, 1999. Two 911 calls describe a boy found on a boat ramp. This is the story of Joshua Hayes, his mother Patricia, and the beginning of the case against Phillip Harkins that would exceed anyone's expectations.

Just who was Joshua Hayes? We examine his life in Jacksonville, Florida - the good, and the bad - and hear the voices of those left behind after his murder.

An Inverclyde woman is dead after a car crash in Greenock, Scotland. This tragic incident not as far removed from the murder on the Florisa boat ramp as it may first seem.

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Alleged murderer Phllip Harkins kept asking questions fundamenal to freedom and rights in UK and international law. We take a look at how a legal system is supposed to work.
Background:
The process was under the Extradition Act 1989.
2007: Harkins v Secretary of State [EWHC 639 (Admin)]
2011: Inzunza & Others v United States of America & Ors [EWHC 920 (Admin)]
2012: Harkins and Edwards v the United Kingdom [ECHR 021 (2012)]
2014: Harkins v Secretary of State [EWHC 3209 (Admin)]
2012: Vinter and Others v the United Kingdom [ECHR 073 (2012)]
2014: Trabelsi v Belgium [ECHR 247 (2014)]

Phillip Harkins takes his case to the highest court in Europe, the European Court of Human Rights. After watching the hearing from Florida, the mother of murder victim Joshua Hayes talks about the lifelong ramifications of his death and her fight for justice.
ECHR hearing courtesy of and © ECHR-CEDH. Full hearing recording
Background: 2017: Harkins v the United Kingdom [ECHR 239 (2017)]

Jacksonville, Florida. August 10, 1999. We go back to the day Joshua Hayes was killed, and retrace the movements of alleged killer Phillip Harkins and others in the lead up to the murder at the boat ramp.

Amassing all the available evidence, we navigate a maze of records from Jacksonville, Florida, to piece together a picture of what happened to Phillip Harkins’ case in the days – and years – after the murder at the boat ramp.