It is a case that has left its mark on the most hardened of cops. The more detectives delved into the goings on at a seemingly normal house in Heaton Chapel, the true horrors committed by their suspect became clear.
Nicholas Moxham was seen going into the Briarfield Road property with a string of women. Many, it would later be revealed, were vulnerable.
Concerns were raised by neighbours, and when disturbing accounts of a man called 'Nick' in Manchester's 'red light' district emerged, the link was made.
When police busted his door down, they found a 'pale and malnourished' woman under a duvet on his living room floor. It would be the beginning of a disturbing investigation into a depraved predator's life and crimes.
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