Show Notes
On 12 September 1973, 32-year-old Wendy Sewell walked into Bakewell Cemetery to meet a man. Minutes later, she was the victim of a savage attack that would become one of Britain's most controversial murder cases. Within hours, 17-year-old cemetery groundsman Stephen Downing had been detained. Convicted of Wendy's murder in 1974, he spent 27 years behind bars before his conviction was dramatically quashed by the Court of Appeal. But the case didn't end there. Anonymous letters, forgotten witnesses, disputed forensic evidence and claims that Wendy was seen alive with another man after Downing had left the cemetery have continued to fuel debate for decades. In this documentary, we examine the complete chronology of the Wendy Sewell murder—from the events of September 1973 through the investigation, trial, appeals, Operation Noble and the questions that remain unanswered more than fifty years later. Who killed Wendy Sewell? If you enjoy well-researched British true crime documentaries, please consider subscribing to Crimes That Haunt Us. #TrueCrime #WendySewell #StephenDowning #UnsolvedMurder #BritishTrueCrime #Bakewell #CrimeDocumentary #ColdCase #Derbyshire #truecrimedocumentary For the documentary version see here - https://youtu.be/t3NGmPo87mU (00:00) The Haunting Case of Wendy Sewell (0:49) Who Was Wendy Sewell? (03:05) Stephen Downing (4:28) The Day of the Murder (7:00) Wendy Found Bludgeoned (9:45) Stephen Downing Questioned (13:13) Post Mortem (15:43) The Trial & Conviction of Downing (25:13) Dale Hale Joins the Appeal Campaign (35:33) Stephen Downing is Exonerated
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