‘Why I met the man who murdered my identical twin’

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Nick Dawson’s identical twin brother Simon was brutally murdered just after their 30th birthday. It was a brutal and random attack. Simon was passing two men as they were trying to steal cars – when they turned on him and robbed him. He was left to drown in a pond. Sixteen years later, Nick decided to meet one of the killers as part of a restorative justice programme. He had always imagined a monster, but the reality was much more complicated. In this powerful interview with 5 Live’s Emma Barnett, Nick describes the moment he came face to face with the man who changed his life forever.