In Denial of Murder (2004)

6.5/10 • 120 min • Crime

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.

Cast

Stephen Tompkinson

Jason Watkins

Stephen Downing

Caroline Catz

David Troughton

June Watson

Lisa Millett

Christine Downing

Judy Flynn

Wayne Foskett

Jennifer Hennessy

Jackie Dunn

Ewan Hooper

Bill Rodgers

Reg Ollerenshaw

Bobby Knutt

Ernie Charlesworth

Ryan Sampson

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