# #342 - The S-Hitmen (The Marriott, Marble Arch, W2)

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Podcast: [Murder Mile UK True Crime](https://stenobird.com/podcast/murder-mile-uk-true-crime-635698)
Published: 2026-04-02T03:00:00+00:00
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On Sunday 28th of March 2004 at 8.20pm, Police were called to either Room 701 or 703 at The Marriott Hotel at 134 George Street near Marble Arch, London, W1. Concerned for the guest, he was found naked, in the bath, in what looked like it could have been an accident or a suicide. It had all the hallmarks of a professional hit by experienced assassins of the Russian Mafia who were hired to whack-out a rival for the sake of money, revenge or respect. Yet it ended with a cataclysmic cock-up which showed these hitmen to be truly incompetent. Locations:  Room 701 or 703, The Marriott Hotel, 134 George Street, Marble Arch, London, W1 Date:   Sunday 28th of March 2004 at 8.20pm Victims: Simion Turkov (aka Yermia Yunataev) Culprit:  Andrei Melnikov & Michael Antoneli Seven time nominated at the True Crime Awards, Independent Podcast Awards and the British Podcast Awards, Murder Mile is one of the best UK / British true crime podcasts covering only 20 square miles of West London. It is researched, written and performed by Michael of Murder Mile UK True Crime Podcast with the main musical themes written and performed by Erik Stein and Jon Boux of Cult With No Name and additional music, as used under the Creative Commons License 4.0. A full listing of tracks used and a full transcript for each episode is listed here and a legal disclaimer . Follow me on SOCIAL MEDIA ·       Instagram ·       FaceBook ·       Threads   SUBSCRIBE via Patreon Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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