Top barristers Sasha Wass and Jeremy Dein look back at their examination of a seaside case of murder and mistaken identity from 1900 - a case involving false names, suspicious journeys and 100-year-old evidence.\n\nGreat Yarmouth, September 1900. A woman’s body was found amongst the sand dunes in this peaceful seaside town. She had been murdered. The first mystery facing police was not identifying the killer, but the woman herself - she had been staying in Great Yarmouth under an assumed name. A clue from her clothing allowed the police to name her as Mary Jane Bennett, and suspicion immediately fell upon her estranged husband, Herbert.\n\nOver 100 years later, Herbert’s great-grandson Paul had doubts about his ancestor’s guilt and teamed up with barristers Sasha and Jeremy to re-examine the case. Could a modern investigation shed new light on the evidence that was used to convict Herbert for murder?\n\nNow it’s nearly a year on from their investigation, and the barristers catch up with Paul to find out how he’s been pursuing the case. They discover that he has been back in Great Yarmouth on the trail of his great-grandfather’s mysterious brother-in-law. Could this be the breakthrough he’s been so desperately searching for to unlock this mysterious case?
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Series 3: Episode 9
Leading criminal barristers Sasha Wass and Jeremy Dein investigate the fatal poisoning of a 49-year-old wealthy lodger at a family mansion.\n\nLondon, 1911. Insurance salesman F ...
08-03-2024
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Series 3: Episode 8
Barristers Sasha Wass and Jeremy Dein investigate whether the murder of a gentleman farmer in the late Victorian era was really carried out by a 19-year-old rabbit poacher.\n\nS ...
07-03-2024
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Series 3: Episode 3
The barristers explore the case of a poultry farmer who buried the body of his fiancé under a chicken run but claimed to be innocent of her murder.\n\nCrowborough, East S ...
06-03-2024
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Series 3: Episode 2
Leading criminal barristers Sasha Wass and Jeremy Dein investigate a toxic love triangle which culminated in the murder of a Yorkshire farm owner, who died in mysterious circums ...
05-03-2024
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Series 3: Episode 1
Leading criminal barristers Sasha Wass and Jeremy Dein investigate their oldest case yet, the murder of a female canal boat passenger 180 years ago, for which boatmen were convi ...
04-03-2024
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Series 4: 8. Dainton
Leading barristers Jeremy Dein QC and Sasha Wass QC examine the drowning of a wife and mother in Victorian Bath, re-evaluating the chain of evidence that led to the conviction o ...
01-03-2024
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Series 4: 9. Brown
Top criminal barristers Sasha Wass QC and Jeremy Dein QC re-examine an infamous case of a housewife accused of murdering her young husband. She became the last woman to be publi ...
29-02-2024
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Series 4: 7. Read
Top criminal barristers Jeremy Dein QC and Sasha Wass QC re-examine their oldest case yet - the murder of a military veteran by his estranged wife nearly 200 years ago.\n\nLeice ...
28-02-2024
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Series 4: 10. Shaw
Leading criminal barristers Sasha Wass QC and Jeremy Dein QC investigate their first Scottish case, the murder of a reclusive pensioner nearly 70 years ago. Two men stood trial, ...
27-02-2024
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Series 4: 6. Staunton
Top criminal barristers Jeremy Dein QC and Sasha Wass QC re-examine the complex case against a Victorian auctioneer accused, alongside his brother and two others, of murdering h ...
26-02-2024
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Series 1: Episode 10
Top criminal barristers Jeremy Dein and Sasha Wass investigate a rural case of murder in County Cork, Ireland, in 1894.\n\nA man is dragged from his bed and beaten by two men. W ...
14-03-2022
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Series 4: 7. Read
Top criminal barristers Jeremy Dein QC and Sasha Wass QC re-examine their oldest case yet - the murder of a military veteran by his estranged wife nearly 200 years ago.\n\nLeice ...
28-02-2024
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Series 5: 5. Lefley
Criminal barristers Sasha Wass QC and Jeremy Dein QC investigate a murder case from rural Lincolnshire in which a wife was accused of murdering her husband with arsenic. \n\nWr ...
05-10-2023
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Series 3: Episode 5
Leading criminal barristers Sasha Wass and Jeremy Dein investigate whether the murder of a care home resident was carried out by the nurse who was convicted of her poisoning.\n\ ...
11-09-2023
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Case Closed?: Episode 1
Barristers Jeremy Dein and Sasha Wass look back at their examination of a tragic case of love, infidelity, and murder - the conviction and execution of Edith Thompson.\n\nIlford ...
12-06-2023
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Series 1: Episode 3
Top criminal barristers Sasha Wass and Jeremy Dein reinvestigate the historic murders of two policemen, and the mysterious case, conviction and execution of Alfred Moore.\n\nHud ...
02-03-2022
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Series 3: Episode 3
The barristers explore the case of a poultry farmer who buried the body of his fiancé under a chicken run but claimed to be innocent of her murder.\n\nCrowborough, East S ...
06-03-2024
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Series 1: Episode 6
Top barristers Sasha Wass and Jeremy Dein re-examine a seaside case of murder and mistaken identity from 1900, in a case involving false names, suspicious journeys and 100-year- ...
07-03-2022
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Case Closed?: Episode 3
Top barristers Sasha Wass and Jeremy Dein look back at their investigation of the murders of two policemen in the 1950s and the mysterious case, conviction and execution of Alfr ...
14-06-2023
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Series 2: Episode 5
Top criminal barristers Sasha Wass and Jeremy Dein investigate the murder of a young lady found partially naked, lying in an alley known as a local ‘lovers lane’.\n\ ...
04-05-2022
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