In Denial of Murder

The story

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.

Cast & crew

Stephen TompkinsonDon Hale

Jason WatkinsStephen Downing

Caroline CatzWendy Sewell

David TroughtonRay Downing

June WatsonNita Downing

Lisa MillettChristine Downing

Judy FlynnKath Hale

Wayne FoskettDavid Sewell

Jennifer HennessyJackie Dunn

Neil Boorman

Neil BoormanRon Duggins

Malcolm Raeburn

Malcolm RaeburnAdrian Duggins

Andrea Mason

Andrea MasonLesley Shooter