A Secret Affair: Episode 376

Alethea Foster was Lead Clinical Specialist Podiatrist at King’s College Hospital NHS Trust between 1985 and 2004, where she was a top class operator in her profession winning numerous awards. But things at home with her retired journalist husband John weren't great: their sex life had stopped 17 years previously and Alethea suspected he might be having an affair with an ex-colleague Julie Simpson.When Alethea stumbled across an email exchange between Julie and John which revealed they had been having an affair she was utterly devastated and emailed Julie to arrange a meeting. But before she left the house, she put a kitchen knife in her bag....Watch True Crime Podcaster RoundTable on YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBgM3uA8DM4z3KecvwieQrgFind out more about the UK True Crime Podcast:https://www.uktruecrime.comJoin me at Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/UKTrueCrimeJoin the UK True Crime Facebook Group:https://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrimeBuy my book 'Gone Fishing' about serial killer Angus Sinclair:https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gone-Fishing-Unsolved-Crimes-Sinclair/dp/1914277201Sources:https://www.theguardian.com/education/2006/may/05/highereducation.ukcrimehttps://www.pcdsociety.org/resources/details/obituary-alethea-ali-fosterhttps://www.theguardian.com/education/2006/apr/28/highereducation.ukhttps://archive.varsity.co.uk/623.pdfhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cambridgeshire/4938988.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cambridgeshire/4942968.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cambridgeshire/4307970.stmhttps://www.theguardian.com/education/2006/may/05/highereducation.ukcrimehttps://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/obsessed-622945https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/stabbing-wife-not-guilty-of-murder-624062https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-384891/Wife-blinded-love-rival-sorry.html Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.