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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.

Release Date: 2004-02-29

Original Language: en

Genres: Crime

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Cast Members

Jason Watkins

Stephen Downing

Caroline Catz

Wendy Sewell

David Troughton

Ray Downing

June Watson

Nita Downing

Lisa Millett

Christine Downing

Judy Flynn

Kath Hale

Wayne Foskett

David Sewell

Neil Boorman

Ron Duggins

Malcolm Raeburn

Adrian Duggins

Andrea Mason

Lesley Shooter

Ewan Hooper

Charles Hale

Jeanne Hepple

Doreen Hale

Bill Rodgers

Reg Ollerenshaw

Ruth Mitchell

Christine Smith

Bobby Knutt

Ernie Charlesworth

Brian Southwood

Eric Clough

Ryan Sampson

Marcus Edwards

Luke Gell

Stephen Downing, aged 17

Helen Atkins

Amanda Hatfield

Chris Brailsford

Chief Constable Wood

Tom Chadbon

Ed Fitzgerald QC

Brendan Charleson

Prison Officer

Deirdre Doone

Mrs Justice Hallett

Hazel Douglas

Mrs Hallam

Stephanie Fend

Heidi Warrington

Dave Hill

Norman Taylor

Simon Molloy

Julian Bevan

Paul Opacic

Detective

Andrew Readman

Det Supt Stokes

Irene Skillington

Madge Crawshaw

Kate Wood

Social Worker