Rachel Shannon

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19,019 appearances 67 recordings 1 series first heard Nov 2025 last heard yesterday

Rachel Shannon’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 67 in all, peaking in Dec 2025 with 14.

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He wouldn't give an answer for how her DNA ended up on his penis either. matched

At one point he broke down in tears apparently. matched

At other points, according to reporters who were in that room, matched

He smiled slightly as he gave the exact same answer over and over and over again across an afternoon that ran just under two hours. matched

He knew what he was doing, and he was a little bit excited seeing the reaction and the frustration from everyone around him. matched

Poppy's mother sat next to her legal team with her head in her hands. matched

And about 40 minutes into his evidence, aka lack of answering questions, she had to get up and leave, which is totally understandable. matched

I probably would have done the same thing. matched

Coroner David Roberts made one final appeal to him before he finished. matched

He told him, quote, matched

You were an adult in this house as well as Poppy's father, so you are well placed to give me the information if you want to. matched

He said that this was his opportunity to say anything that might help establish how his daughter came by her death. matched

But he still wouldn't answer. matched

One question he did answer though was when he was asked to describe Poppy. matched

He said, quote, lively, bubbly, the happy one out of the siblings, but a bully in her own little way. matched

Out of the two hundred and fifty two questions he refused to answer, that is the single one he chose to answer. matched

He refused to say anything that could help the investigation. matched

Instead, he used this time to tell the courts that his baby daughter, who was just barely over a year old, matched

Was a bully. matched

And in my opinion matched

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