In Denial of Murder (2004)
Synopsis
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
Runtime: 120 minutes
Director: David Richards
Top Cast
- Stephen Tompkinson as Don Hale
- Jason Watkins as Stephen Downing
- Caroline Catz as Wendy Sewell
- David Troughton as Ray Downing
- June Watson as Nita Downing
- Lisa Millett as Christine Downing
- Judy Flynn as Kath Hale
- Wayne Foskett as David Sewell
- Jennifer Hennessy as Jackie Dunn
- Neil Boorman as Ron Duggins
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