50TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL - IT'S NOW 50 YEARS SINCE THIS BRUTAL MURDER - TV documentary and best selling book - MURDER IN THE GRAVEYARD - BBC video and Harper Collins book.

MURDER IN THE GRAVEYARD: The BBC’s award-winning documentary, and best selling book by Harper Collins and author Don Hale: https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/perryscope21/curation/5fbfda6b-ed53-4e19-8526-378b30b4f429

The Wendy Sewell murder September 1973 in Bakewell cemetery. 

*VIEW THIS REVEALING BBC DOCUMENTARY NOW FOR FREE: 

Length 28 mins 37 secs. https://youtu.be/Y3Fe-KGQRUw


It's your chance to examine the facts behind Britain's worst ever high profile miscarriage of justice where a man spent nearly 28-years in jail for a murder he did not commit.

 

This is the award-winning BBC documentary produced by BBC Pebble Mill at Birmingham about the Stephen Downing investigation - Murder in the Graveyard - which examined the evidence that helped to eventually quash the conviction of a man jailed for nearly 28 years for a murder he did not commit - that of Wendy Sewell in Bakewell cemetery in September 1973. This exclusive film revealed and helped support the evidence discovered by former investigative journalist Don Hale during his unique 8-year investigation. 

 

*This murder has since been linked to the additional similar murders of Jackie-Ansell Lamb and Barbara Mayo, with all three now believed to be the horrific work of Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe. 


It’s a remarkable theory supported by many experts including retired policeman and cold-case detective Chris Clark, who has since presented evidence to the authorities and asked for a host of new facts to be re-examined. 

 

The story was later also used as the basis of a BBC TV drama, In Denial of Murder, starring Stephen Tompkinson and Caroline Catz. It was based on Don Hale's campaign and later best-selling book – MURDER IN THE GRAVEYARD



Don Hale’s story was also featured by ITV’s Judge Robert Rinder on his recent true crime series. *Read Don Hale's revised and thrilling and updated true-crime book – MURDER IN THE GRAVEYARD, published in 2019 by Harper Collins. 

 https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/perryscope21/curation/5fbfda6b-ed53-4e19-8526-378b30b4f429


*If you enjoyed this video about the case, you might also appreciate the BBC follow-up documentary. Stephen Downing's story - 27 years wrongfully jailed for murder. Exclusive BBC documentary.

MURDER IN THE GRAVEYARD - Wendy Sewell - September 1973. 

A high Profile miscarriage case that is now being potentially linked to Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe, together with two other similar unsolved murders fromaround the same time.

*VIEW THIS REVEALING DOCUMENTARY NOW FOR FREE: AND READ THE BEST SELLING BOOK - MURDER IN THE GRAVEYARD: 

https://amzn.to/43ORl7U

https://youtu.be/zE1QEtfhXiE

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