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In Denial of Murder

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.

Top Cast

  • Stephen Tompkinson

    Stephen Tompkinson

    Don Hale

  • Jason Watkins

    Jason Watkins

    Stephen Downing

  • Caroline Catz

    Caroline Catz

    Wendy Sewell

  • David Troughton

    David Troughton

    Ray Downing

  • June Watson

    June Watson

    Nita Downing

  • Lisa Millett

    Lisa Millett

    Christine Downing

  • Judy Flynn

    Judy Flynn

    Kath Hale

  • Wayne Foskett

    Wayne Foskett

    David Sewell

  • Jennifer Hennessy

    Jennifer Hennessy

    Jackie Dunn

Overview

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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