In Denial of Murder

In Denial of Murder

120 mins | Crime | Feb. 29, 2004

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.

In Denial of Murder

120 mins | Crime | Feb. 29, 2004

In Denial of Murder
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.
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Original title In Denial of Murder
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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

Malcolm Raeburn

as Adrian Duggins

Andrea Mason

as Lesley Shooter

Ewan Hooper

as Charles Hale

Jeanne Hepple

as Doreen Hale

Bill Rodgers

as Reg Ollerenshaw

Richard Standing

as Roy Eyre

Ruth Mitchell

as Christine Smith

Bobby Knutt

as Ernie Charlesworth

Brian Southwood

as Eric Clough

Ryan Sampson

as Marcus Edwards

Luke Gell

as Stephen Downing, aged 17

Helen Atkins

as Amanda Hatfield

Chris Brailsford

as Chief Constable Wood

Roger Brierley

as Lord Pill

Tom Chadbon

as Ed Fitzgerald QC

Brendan Charleson

as Prison Officer

Deirdre Doone

as Mrs Justice Hallett

Hazel Douglas

as Mrs Hallam

Stephanie Fend

as Heidi Warrington

Dave Hill

as Norman Taylor

Simon Molloy

as Julian Bevan

Paul Opacic

as Detective

Andrew Readman

as Det Supt Stokes

Irene Skillington

as Madge Crawshaw

Robert Stone

as Minder

Kate Wood

as Social Worker