John Sweetman
speaker
14,352 appearances
33 recordings
2 series
first heard Dec 2025
last heard 3d ago
John Sweetman’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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The move into employment gave him a degree of independence at an early age.
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By seventeen he was driving regularly.
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And had enough money to buy his own car.
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Motoring quickly became an obsession.
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Friends and acquaintances remembered him as a fast and aggressive driver who liked to speed through the town.
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For all the concerns his family had during his mid teens, they noticed a change when he began dating Anne at eighteen.
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He appeared more settled.
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Found work as a van driver, and seemed to be taking greater responsibility for himself.
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Yet warning signs remained.
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He accumulated petty convictions for assault and malicious damage, and could be prone to sudden bursts of anger.
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At nineteen, after receiving compensation from his accident claim, Gallagher bought the car he had long wanted, a white Fort Fiesta XR two.
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It became a source of pride and identity.
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He drove it aggressively, at high speeds and with little apparent regard for the safety of others.
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Alcohol was another recurring problem.
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In the years before Anne and Annie's murders, Gallagher had periodically sworn off drink.
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At one point taking the pledge and remaining sober for a time.
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Most recently, he had done so again.
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But on the night of the wedding, the fragile restraint he had tried to impose on himself collapsed.
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And before that night was over, he'd fallen off the wagon and threatened Anne's neighbor with a knife.
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As the day drew to a close on Wednesday, september twenty first, Detective Sergeant Fitzgerald finally received the approval he had been waiting for.
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