In Denial of Murder
120 mins
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.
Neil Boorman
Ron Duggins
Malcolm Raeburn
Adrian Duggins
Andrea Mason
Lesley Shooter
Jeanne Hepple
Doreen Hale
Bill Rodgers
Reg Ollerenshaw
Richard Standing
Roy Eyre
Ruth Mitchell
Christine Smith
Brian Southwood
Eric Clough
Luke Gell
Stephen Downing, aged 17
Helen Atkins
Amanda Hatfield
Deirdre Doone
Mrs Justice Hallett
Stephanie Fend
Heidi Warrington
Simon Molloy
Julian Bevan
Paul Opacic
Detective
Irene Skillington
Madge Crawshaw
Robert Stone
Minder
Kate Wood
Social Worker