Episode
372: Social Worker R**ed 13 Year Old and Threatened To KILL HIS MOTHER
- Podcast
- Bang to Rights
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- Mar 4, 2026
- Duration seconds
- 3785
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Summary
It started with a social worker sent to support a teenage boy — someone trusted to help during a difficult time. But what investigators would later uncover turned that trust into the centre of a criminal investigation. As accusations emerged, the situation escalated when Payton Shires allegedly returned to the family’s home armed with a gun, making threats toward the boy’s mother and prompting an urgent police response. How did a safeguarding case spiral into fear, criminal charges, and an armed confrontation outside a family home?