4. Send in the Cavalry

06/01/21 • 30 min

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The Europa 3, unsuspecting sports journalists get flown to Belfast, over 100 miles from the crime scene to a farm belonging to horse trainers the Maxwells.

Phone calls ensue, back and forth, details change, voices get more menacing. The police are on hand to try and trace the calls, but for some reason, they can’t find them.

Suddenly negotiations stop, there is a pause, then one final phone call.

The Europa 3, unsuspecting sports journalists get flown to Belfast, over 100 miles from the crime scene to a farm belonging to horse trainers the Maxwells.

Phone calls ensue, back and forth, details change, voices get more menacing. The police are on hand to try and trace the calls, but for some reason, they can’t find them.

Suddenly negotiations stop, there is a pause, then one final phone call.

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5. The Decoy

Questions emerge about the validity of the calls outside Belfast and attention is drawn elsewhere where parallel secret negotiations seem to be happening with the mysterious leader and main owner of Shergar, the Aga Khan.

But nothing can stop the rumour mill from churning and there are reports Shergar is in Libya with Gadaffi and also that he has been taken by the New Orleans mafia.

It becomes impossible to separate fact from fiction.

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3. A Kidnap is Announced

The international press had a field day, filling the front pages and the lead item on the news. The world was now watching the case develop. A horse kidnap dominated our screens.

Gossip, rumours, lies, confusion. The papers get tip offs, false calls and leads that sound legitimate.

Then suddenly the kidnappers have one weird request: they're ready to negotiate, but want to speak to three English journalists.