In Denial of Murder (2004)

Crime

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.

Updated Oct 10 2016

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2004-02-29

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Runtime: 120 mins Rating: 0.0

Cast

Stephen Tompkinson

Don Hale

Jason Watkins

Stephen Downing

David Troughton

Paul

Ewan Hooper

Charles Hale

Bill Rodgers

Reg Ollerenshaw

Jennifer Hennessy

Jackie Dunn

June Watson

Nita Downing

Lisa Millett

Christine Downing