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Contains some upsetting scenes.

Crime Next Door, Who Killed the Shakoors?, 1. A family trapped in the fire

Crime Next Door

Who Killed the Shakoors?

1. A family trapped in the fire

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May 21, 2025

20 minutes

Available for over a year

A normally quiet residential street in Harlow is woken in the middle of the night to screams for help.

Doctor Abdul Shakoor jumps from the bedroom window of his Essex home as fire rages through the living room downstairs. His wife and five children are still inside.

What Adbul didn't know then is that he’ll be the only family member to survive and also that someone else may have been in the house.

Written and produced by Gabby Colenso

Presenter: Sonia Watson

Sound Design: John Cameron-McIntosh

Story Consultants: Barney Rowntree and Ben Robinson

Online Producer: Rachael Smith

Series Editor: Shahid Hussain

Commissioning Editor: Alistair Miskin

A BBC Essex production for BBC Sounds.