In Denial of Murder (2004)
Dramatisation of the Stephen Downing case which involved the conviction and imprisonment in 1974 of a 17-year-old council worker, Stephen Downing, for the murder of a 32 year old legal secretary, Wendy Sewell, in the town of Bakewell in the Peak District in central England. Following a campaign by a local newspaper, his conviction was overturned in 2002, after Downing had served 27 years in prison. The case is thought to be the longest miscarriage of justice in British legal history, and attracted worldwide media attention.
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Writing:
Stars:
- David Richards
Writing:
- Neil McKay
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Release Date: 2004-02-29
6.0/10
6.0/10
- Language: en
- Runtime: 120
Jackie Dunn
Lord Pill
Ray Downing
Chief Constable Wood
Don Hale
Wendy Sewell
Stephen Downing
Ernie Charlesworth
Christine Downing
Nita Downing
Kath Hale
David Sewell
Charles Hale
Marcus Edwards
Ed Fitzgerald QC
Prison Officer
Mrs Hallam
Norman Taylor
Julian Bevan
Det Supt Stokes