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In this true crime documentary we look at the case of Russell Bishop and how he was finally brought to justice for the murder of 2 young girls. Subscribe to Our Life: https://bit.ly/3dBMxvl Told through first hand testimonies from the family and officers and with access to exclusive police footage, 'Babes In The Wood' follows the chronology of events starting in 1986 with nine year old girls, Karen and Nicola being reported missing, through to the arrest and failed first prosecution of Russell Bishop, then to his acquittal and instigation of 'The March For Justice' with the families demanding that Sussex Police reopen the case. Sir Trevor McDonald explores and discusses the facts of the case from start to finish. Conducting interviews with Susan and Barrie parents of Nicola. Chief Superintendent Jeff Riley talks us through the intricacies of the 'New and Compelling evidence' that is required for a double jeopardy case to be brought to retrial and how finally against all odds he brings a child killer to justice. This film was first broadcast: 28 Mar 2019 Watch More Documentaries Our Life - https://bit.ly/3A8xRMJ Our History - https://bit.ly/3rUpdhL Our World - https://bit.ly/3ftuckM Our Stories - https://bit.ly/3ynfFyk Our Life brings you fascinating stories of social interest from around the world. You can discover award winning documentaries, films and groundbreaking reports that capture the complexities of our daily life, with stories that will entertain, inspire and inform. Content distributed by ITV Studios.

Meet the women locked up in America for murder, learning what life is like for them inside prison and how they ended up there. Subscribe to Our Life: https://bit.ly/3dBMxvl Second in a two-part documentary which follows Trevor McDonald as he ventures inside two jails that hold some of America's most notorious women criminals - Indiana Women's Prison and the state's Rockville Correctional Facility. Trevor meets a woman who killed her three-month-old son. Dawn appears educated and thoughtful, but there is no way to disguise the horror of her crime. Linda's story is a remarkable one. Sentenced to life for murder, she escaped from Indiana Women's Prison in 1972 and managed to stay on the run for 35 years before the law finally caught up with her. Sarah will die in prison. Just a teenager when she was first incarcerated, she tells how she copes inside and explains why, in spite of frequent appeals, she will never be released. This film was first broadcast: 03 Oct 2013 Watch More Documentaries Our Life - https://bit.ly/3A8xRMJ Our History - https://bit.ly/3rUpdhL Our World - https://bit.ly/3ftuckM Our Stories - https://bit.ly/3ynfFyk Our Life brings you fascinating stories of social interest from around the world. You can discover award winning documentaries, films and groundbreaking reports that capture the complexities of our daily life, with stories that will entertain, inspire and inform. Content distributed by ITV Studios.

The chilling case of the wife who killed her husband. Subscribe to Our Life: https://bit.ly/3dBMxvl This documentary recounts the journey one woman undertook to see justice done to her son's killer. Stephen was the only son of Margaret and went to work in IT in the Philippines. He became smitten with a girl he met in one of the bars and went on to marry and have two children with her. One night, after reported problems with the marriage, Steven was found dead in his business partner's apartment. He'd been shot repeatedly. There was no evidence to link the killing to his wife, however Margaret was convinced she was behind it. This documentary follows her lengthy and expensive private investigation, which ends with the conclusion of a Philippines court case. This film was first broadcast: 05 Sep 2005 Watch More Documentaries Our Life - https://bit.ly/3A8xRMJ Our History - https://bit.ly/3rUpdhL Our World - https://bit.ly/3ftuckM Our Stories - https://bit.ly/3ynfFyk Our Life brings you fascinating stories of social interest from around the world. You can discover award winning documentaries, films and groundbreaking reports that capture the complexities of our daily life, with stories that will entertain, inspire and inform. Content distributed by ITV Studios.

Meet the kids sentenced to over 50 years in a maximum security prison for murder and other horrific crimes. Subscribe to Our Life: https://bit.ly/3dBMxvl Documentary focusing on some of America's youngest and most dangerous criminals. Indiana's Wabash Correctional Facility, a maximum security prison, is home to 40 teenagers serving terms for up to 65 years for murder, armed robbery and assault. In the state of Indiana, children as young as ten can be tried and sentenced for serious crimes within the adult criminal justice system. Their childhoods lost, these boys are fighting to come to terms with how just one moment of madness has completely devastated their young lives. Caught in a system that seems to work against them, what are their hopes for the future? This film was first broadcast: 05 Aug 2014 Watch More Documentaries Our Life - https://bit.ly/3A8xRMJ Our History - https://bit.ly/3rUpdhL Our World - https://bit.ly/3ftuckM Our Stories - https://bit.ly/3ynfFyk Our Life brings you fascinating stories of social interest from around the world. You can discover award winning documentaries, films and groundbreaking reports that capture the complexities of our daily life, with stories that will entertain, inspire and inform. Content distributed by ITV Studios.

Subscribe to Our Life: https://bit.ly/3dBMxvl The story of how this double-murderer became the first criminal to be snared by DNA fingerprinting. In the mid-1980s, Pitchfork raped and killed two Leicestershire schoolgirls, but despite exhaustive investigations evaded capture, largely due to a false confession and a bogus blood test which threw police off his scent until a chance remark in a pub redirected them to the true perpetrator of the crimes. The proof of Pitchfork's guilt lay in a then revolutionary genetic technique and a great leap of faith on the part of the local constabulary. This film was first broadcast: 29 July 2002 Watch More Documentaries Our Life - https://bit.ly/3A8xRMJ Our History - https://bit.ly/3rUpdhL Our World - https://bit.ly/3ftuckM Our Stories - https://bit.ly/3ynfFyk Our Life brings you fascinating stories of social interest from around the world. You can discover award winning documentaries, films and groundbreaking reports that capture the complexities of our daily life, with stories that will entertain, inspire and inform. Content distributed by ITV Studios. #DNA #ColinPitchfork #Crime

Subscribe to Our Life: https://bit.ly/3dBMxvl Keith spent 30 years as a British police officer. But he was a copper like no other. He claimed to be able to talk to the dead. In America, homicide detectives have a suspect awaiting trial for murder, but after two years of searching have never recovered the victim's body. Keith claims he's communicated with the dead man. In this programme he faces the ultimate psychic test: to lead American police to the murder victim's body. This film was first broadcast: 14 Sep 2001 Watch More Documentaries Our Life - https://bit.ly/3A8xRMJ Our History - https://bit.ly/3rUpdhL Our World - https://bit.ly/3ftuckM Our Stories - https://bit.ly/3ynfFyk Our Life brings you fascinating stories of social interest from around the world. You can discover award winning documentaries, films and groundbreaking reports that capture the complexities of our daily life, with stories that will entertain, inspire and inform. Content distributed by ITV Studios.

Subscribe to Our Life: https://bit.ly/3dBMxvl For 18 months, Mitchell arrogantly denied that he'd murdered his wife Lynsey, who had gone missing. He lied to the police, the press and to Lynsey's family. This film follows the last months of Mitchell's freedom, documenting the life of a prime suspect who thought he had got away with murder. But he hadn't. This film was first broadcast: 06 Feb 2001 Watch More Documentaries Our Life - https://bit.ly/3A8xRMJ Our History - https://bit.ly/3rUpdhL Our World - https://bit.ly/3ftuckM Our Stories - https://bit.ly/3ynfFyk Our Life brings you fascinating stories of social interest from around the world. You can discover award winning documentaries, films and groundbreaking reports that capture the complexities of our daily life, with stories that will entertain, inspire and inform. Content distributed by ITV Studios.

Subscribe to Our Life: https://bit.ly/3dBMxvl Women who kill are a rare breed. This documentary tells the story of five women, who after years of violent, sexual and emotional torture, finally snapped and killed their partners. It features these women's fight for justice within the legal system and focuses particularly on Kiranjit, who was jailed for murder and then freed after her plea of diminished responsibility was accepted. This film was first broadcast: 11 Jan 1994 Watch More Documentaries Our Life - https://bit.ly/3A8xRMJ Our History - https://bit.ly/3rUpdhL Our World - https://bit.ly/3ftuckM Our Stories - https://bit.ly/3ynfFyk Our Life brings you fascinating stories of social interest from around the world. You can discover award winning documentaries, films and groundbreaking reports that capture the complexities of our daily life, with stories that will entertain, inspire and inform. Content distributed by ITV Studios.