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In Denial of Murder

Description: 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.

Genres: Crime

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Runtime: 120 minutes

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Stephen Tompkinson

Played Don Hale

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Jason Watkins

Played Stephen Downing

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Caroline Catz

Played Wendy Sewell

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David Troughton

Played Ray Downing

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June Watson

Played Nita Downing

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Lisa Millett

Played Christine Downing

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Judy Flynn

Played Kath Hale

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Wayne Foskett

Played David Sewell

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Jennifer Hennessy

Played Jackie Dunn

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Neil Boorman

Played Ron Duggins

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Malcolm Raeburn

Played Adrian Duggins

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Andrea Mason

Played Lesley Shooter

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Ewan Hooper

Played Charles Hale

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Jeanne Hepple

Played Doreen Hale

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Bill Rodgers

Played Reg Ollerenshaw

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Richard Standing

Played Roy Eyre

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Ruth Mitchell

Played Christine Smith

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Bobby Knutt

Played Ernie Charlesworth

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Brian Southwood

Played Eric Clough

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Ryan Sampson

Played Marcus Edwards

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Luke Gell

Played Stephen Downing, aged 17

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Helen Atkins

Played Amanda Hatfield

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Chris Brailsford

Played Chief Constable Wood

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Roger Brierley

Played Lord Pill

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Tom Chadbon

Played Ed Fitzgerald QC

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Brendan Charleson

Played Prison Officer

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Deirdre Doone

Played Mrs Justice Hallett

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Hazel Douglas

Played Mrs Hallam

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Stephanie Fend

Played Heidi Warrington

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Dave Hill

Played Norman Taylor

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Simon Molloy

Played Julian Bevan

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Paul Opacic

Played Detective

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Andrew Readman

Played Det Supt Stokes

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Irene Skillington

Played Madge Crawshaw

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Robert Stone

Played Minder

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Kate Wood

Played Social Worker

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