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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 from around the same time. *VIEW THIS REVEALING DOCUMENTARY NOW FOR FREE:   Length  28 mins. Stephen’s story BBC1 documentary:    https :// youtu . be / zE1QEtfhXiE  Stephen Downing (left) with author, journalist and campaigner Don Hale This is 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 horrific murder mystery still  remains unsolved but has since been linked to the similar brutal murders of Jackie-Ansell-Lamb and Barbara Mayo about the same period. The murders are now considered to be ...

MURDER IN THE GRAVEYARD:   The  BBC’s award-winning documentary, and best selling book by Harper Collins and author Don Hale:  https://amzn.to/43ORl7U 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...

A GRIPPING TRUE-CRIME INVESTIGATION INTO THE LONGEST MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE IN BRITISH LEGAL HISTORY - NOW BEING LINKED TO YORKSHIRE RIPPER PETER SUTCLIFFE. * The book and campaign was featured on the Mark Dolan show on GB News on 10/2/24. This is the link:  https://twitter.com/GBNEWS/status/1756443424654233978 *Don Hale’s campaign and incredible story were also featured by ITV’s Judge Robert Rinder on his recent true crime series. *Read Don Hale's revised and thrilling true-crime  book –  MURDER IN THE GRAVEYARD , published in 2019 by Harper Collins.   In September 1973, Stephen Downing was convicted and indefinitely sentenced for the murder of Wendy Sewell, a young legal secretary in the town of Bakewell in the Peak District. Wendy was attacked in broad daylight in Bakewell Cemetery. Stephen Downing, the 17-year-old groundskeeper with learning difficulties and a reading age of 11, was the primary suspect. He was immediately arrested, questioned for nine hours, with...