King Kenny: Episode 353

Kenny Carter was a world-class speedway rider known to his fans as 'King Kenny'. He was box office for the sport - outspoken, cocky and talented. Loved by his supporters, this view wasn't shared by many of his peers in the sport who tended to feel the same as this rider when talking about Kenny: “I admired him 100% as a rider, but as a person, I had no time for him at all’.

But then one day Kenny made the headline news for reasons other than his riding - murder....

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Sources
https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/tragic-life-horrific-death-troubled-20531271
https://www.amazon.co.uk/TRAGEDY-Kenny-Carter-Tony-McDonald/dp/0955117631
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