In Denial of Murder (2004)
Crime
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
Don Hale
Stephen Downing
Adrian Duggins
Lesley Shooter
Charles Hale
Doreen Hale
Reg Ollerenshaw
Roy Eyre
Christine Smith
Ernie Charlesworth
Eric Clough
Marcus Edwards
Wendy Sewell
Stephen Downing, aged 17
Amanda Hatfield
Chief Constable Wood
Lord Pill
Ed Fitzgerald QC
Prison Officer
Mrs Justice Hallett
Mrs Hallam
Heidi Warrington
Norman Taylor
Ray Downing
Julian Bevan
Detective
Det Supt Stokes
Madge Crawshaw
Minder
Social Worker
Nita Downing
Christine Downing
Kath Hale
David Sewell
Jackie Dunn
Ron Duggins
