Britain's Darkest Taboos

Our Son was Conned then Killed by the Man He Loved (4x10)

: 19, 2015

In September 2007, Gareth MacDonald was brutally killed by his lover and secret con-man, Glenn Rycroft, at a Travelodge on the way to London. Having met in a gay chat-room in 2005, MacDonald left his wife and children to be with Rycroft, but unbeknownst to him, the man he loved was a serial con artist recently released from a four-year prison sentence for fraud. Conducting a lavish lifestyle with his new partner, Rycroft continued to commit fraud to pay for their luxuries, but the lies began to unravel when MacDonald noticed money going missing. Rycroft murdered the man he supposedly loved in cold blood. In July 2009, Rycroft was jailed for life and ordered to serve a minimum of 25 years in prison.