In Denial of Murder

6.52004Crime

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.

Release2004-02-29

Runtime120 min

StatusReleased

Original languageEN

DirectorDavid Richards

WritersNeil McKay

Votes2

Popularity1

TMDB ID335694