Bobby is now closer than ever – and yet he keeps slipping through Kirat's grasp. After being pushed to breaking point, she makes the life changing decision to confront him – and discovers the truth... Listen to the full six-part series today. For the premium Tortoise listening experience, curated by our journalists, download the free Tortoise audio app. For early and ad-free access to all our investigative series and daily and weekly shows, subscribe to Tortoise+ on Apple Podcasts. If you’d like to further support slow journalism and help us build a different kind of newsroom, do consider donating to Tortoise at tortoisemedia.com/support-us. Your contributions allow us to investigate, campaign and explore, and to build a newsroom that is responsible and sustainable. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Hey, how you doing?
Hey, Doug.
Oh, my goodness.
Pretty much since this podcast started, since I first got hold of Cirette's witness statement back in June, I've wanted to speak to the man at the center of this whole scam.
I'm talking about the real Bobby.
Yeah, I know.
He looks like a puppy.
I thought he was a puppy.
The guy whose identity the catfisher, used to trick Kirat for all those years.
Because even after months of looking into this story, I still don't know how much Bobby knows.
About the deception, about the catfisher, about everything.
For weeks, Amrit, a lawyer who's been helping Kirat, has been trying to set up a meeting.
And then one weekend, as I was watching tv with my children, I get a call.
Hi, is that Bobby?
Bobby wants to meet.