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The Pitcairn Trials

Good Company

6/27/202628 min

Dr Sergio Villatoro Bran was arrested, but someone seemed intent on helping him get off the island. 

Meanwhile, Bernard and Sandra started speaking to Sergio’s patients, and a troubling pattern emerged. Why would some hospital staff not speak to them? And would they be able to help the victims?

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Clips

Proposed Amputation of Neglected Teen
Arm Pin Drops Out
Judge Lets Surgeon Flee
Sergio YouTubed Surgery
He Denied Operating on Her

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Speaker 10:01

    We'll get back to your true crime story in just a moment. This podcast is part of the Always True Crime Network, home of thousands of episodes exploring gripping true crime cases. If you're looking for somewhere to start, check out our recent investigative series, Project Mind Control. It uncovers a chilling chapter in history, examining the disturbing experiments carried out on vulnerable people in an attempt to erase and reprogram the human mind. Featuring testimony from one of the last known survivors of a notorious Canadian psychiatric institution, it's a powerful story that's as shocking as it is important.

  2. Luke Jones· Host0:36

    What had started as a medical disciplinary had spiralled into a criminal investigation.

  3. Bernard· Guest0:50

    There were very serious allegations. There was good reasons for keeping her on the island.

  4. Luke Jones· Host0:54

    He clearly was a flight risk. Bernard and his wife Sandra were part of a gaggle of British serving and retired cops dispatched to the island of St Helena to find out what this Dr Sergio Villatoro Bran had been up to. Before they arrived, the wayward surgeon had been arrested, interviewed, he'd had his passport taken off him.

  5. Vince· Guest1:15

    There was an occasion when he tried to sneak off.

  6. Luke Jones· Host1:19

    Idiot. Local newspaper editor Vince told me it was clear that Dr Sergio didn't want to stick around.

  7. Vince· Guest1:27

    He was up at the airport and

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