The Big Cases

The Big Cases

2022
The Big Cases
The Big Cases

The Big Cases

5.5 | en | Crime

The biggest crime stories and court cases in the UK. The fights for justice, the investigations, and the stories of those affected by the crimes.

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EP37  Killer in the Attic
Apr. 12,2024
Killer in the Attic

When Michael Riddiough-Allen is stabbed to death outside a nightclub in Cornwall, armed police track down his killer to a nearby house where he was found hiding in the attic.

EP36  The Dance Floor Murder
Apr. 08,2024
The Dance Floor Murder

The story of footballer Cody Fisher who was stabbed to death in a nightclub in Birmingham.

EP35  The Executioner Next Door
Mar. 08,2024
The Executioner Next Door

The quiet Irishman behind the high hedge had a history his neighbours could have never guessed: the man they knew as 'Frank' was really Freddie Scappaticci, a man with many secrets. Not only had he been an Irish Republican Army killer, he was at the same time an agent for the Army – perhaps their most important source inside the IRA, with access to their most sensitive secrets.

EP34  The Nottingham Attacks
Mar. 07,2024
The Nottingham Attacks

Barnaby Webber, Grace O'Malley-Kumar and Ian Coates were killed in a series of stabbings by one man on the streets of Nottingham in the summer of 2023.

EP33  Held Captive And Left To Die
Mar. 01,2024
Held Captive And Left To Die

Shakira Spencer was 35 years old when her body was found by the police. She had been tortured and starved by people she considered friends.

EP32  Killed In The Park
Feb. 02,2024
Killed In The Park

Brianna Ghey was stabbed to death - two teenagers tried to get away with murder.

EP31  The Student Who Never Came Home
Dec. 21,2023
The Student Who Never Came Home

Kidnapped and murdered in France while on a university placement. Is it finally time for justice for 20 year old Joanna Parrish?

EP30  The Doping Ward
Dec. 19,2023
The Doping Ward

The hospital unit where patients were drugged to keep them "quiet and compliant".

EP29  Killed By My Boyfriend
Oct. 25,2023
Killed By My Boyfriend

The story of a young mum killed by her boyfriend of eight weeks. When Christopher McGowan was released on bail from a prison in Scotland, a court ordered he should stay at the home of his new girlfriend, Claire Inglis. He was a known criminal with a string of previous convictions and within weeks Claire was dead.

EP28  The Commons Criminal
Oct. 13,2023
The Commons Criminal

The MP who rose from obscurity to being imprisoned for fraud. The story of Jared O'Mara.

EP27  The Missing Mum
Sep. 28,2023
The Missing Mum

This is the story of Linda Razzell who vanished on her way to work more than 20 years ago. Her husband was found guilty of her murder. Now, in 2023, will he reveal where her body is in order to be released on parole?

EP26  Deadly Influence
Sep. 01,2023
Deadly Influence

The story of a social media influencer, her mum and a murder plot.

EP25  Unmasking a Fugitive
Aug. 02,2023
Unmasking a Fugitive

The story of Nicholas Rossi - the US fugitive who came to the UK with a new identity after faking his own death. He claims he is called Arthur Knight and is a victim of mistaken identity, but a sheriff in Scotland is sending him back to Utah to face rape charges. We speak to the people who knew Nicholas Rossi in his previous life in America and chart his story from there to his discovery by police in a hospital bed in Glasgow.

EP24  Killed on Duty
Jul. 19,2023
Killed on Duty

Sgt Matt Ratana was shot and killed on duty by a handcuffed prisoner just three months before he had been due to retire.

EP23  The Killing in the Lane
Jul. 12,2023
The Killing in the Lane

Lilia Valutyte died from a single stab wound in her chest. Her killer was found unfit to plead, but a jury determined in a trial of the facts he killed the nine-year-old.

EP22  Killed on Christmas Eve
Jul. 04,2023
Killed on Christmas Eve

Elle Edwards was shot dead as she celebrated Christmas Eve, in a murder that shocked the UK. We follow her dad Tim as he deals with the devastation of his daughter’s death.

EP21  Sunshine Scammer
Jun. 27,2023
Sunshine Scammer

Lyne Barlow is a bogus travel agent from County Durham, conning hundreds of holidaymakers and her family in a £2.6 million scam, which also saw her lie about a cancer diagnosis.

EP20  Stephen Lawrence: The Sixth Suspect
Jun. 26,2023
Stephen Lawrence: The Sixth Suspect

This BBC News investigation by reporter Daniel De Simone identifies a new suspect in the Stephen Lawrence murder. Stephen’s killing in 1993 changed policing and race relations in Britain forever, and its shadow hangs over the Metropolitan Police to this day. For decades, five men have been suspected of the attack, and in 2012 two of them were found guilty. Daniel De Simone has seen secret evidence and spoken to dozens of witnesses to publicly identify a sixth suspect for the first time. Evidence uncovered in this investigation also further implicates other suspects in the attack, and raises serious question of the police handling of the case over many years.

EP19  30 Years For Justice
Apr. 10,2023
30 Years For Justice

Nikki Allan's murder shocked Sunderland. Why did it take so long to catch her killer?

EP18  Caught In The Crossfire
Apr. 03,2023
Caught In The Crossfire

Nine year old Olivia Pratt-Korbel was killed when shots were fired into her family home

EP17  The Lie That Destroyed a Town
Mar. 17,2023
The Lie That Destroyed a Town

The story of false accusations about being the victim of a grooming gang and how it sent shockwaves through a small town in the North of England.

EP16  Homegrown Terrorist
Mar. 11,2023
Homegrown Terrorist

How was Salman Abedi from Manchester radicalised to the point where he could kill, and could the Manchester Arena bombing have been stopped?

EP15  Twenty Minutes of Terror
Feb. 24,2023
Twenty Minutes of Terror

A gunman kills five people within minutes. Could the shootings have been prevented?

EP14  Found Under The Floor
Feb. 07,2023
Found Under The Floor

The story of Bennylyn and Jellica who were murdered after starting a new life in the UK.

EP13  Groomed, Radicalised, Gone
Jan. 03,2023
Groomed, Radicalised, Gone

The schoolgirl charged with terrorism, but found to have been exploited. Rhianan Rudd, 15, was the youngest girl to be charged with terrorism offences in the UK. She took her own life in 2022. Her mum says investigators should have seen her daughter as "a victim rather than a terrorist".

EP12  Killed Walking Home
Dec. 14,2022
Killed Walking Home

Zara Aleena was killed walking back from a night out by a sexual predator, only recently released from prison, labelled a "danger to any woman".

EP11  Killing My Children's Abuser
Nov. 23,2022
Killing My Children's Abuser

Sarah Sands stabbed to death a convicted paedophile who was accused of abusing three more young boys. BBC News can reveal, for the first time, that they were all her children. Now all three boys have become adults, they speak, alongside their mum about the killing, and subsequent events.

EP10  Catching The Cult Movie Killer
Nov. 10,2022
Catching The Cult Movie Killer

Jacqueline Kirk was badly disfigured after being set alight in 1998 by her ex-boyfriend Steven Craig. She then died in 2019 from complications relating to the injuries she suffered.

EP9  The Suitcase Murderer
Oct. 28,2022
The Suitcase Murderer

Revealing the killer who decapitated her friend and dumped her body.

EP8  The Doorstep Murder
Sep. 30,2022
The Doorstep Murder

It's one of Scotland's longest unsolved murder cases. Alistair Wilson was shot on his doorstep almost 20 years ago. Are police any closer to finding who killed him and why?

EP7  My Baby: Taken, Failed, Killed
Aug. 07,2022
My Baby: Taken, Failed, Killed

Leiland-James was taken from his mother in hospital and placed in care. He went on to be killed by the woman who wanted to adopt him.

EP6  Deadly Browsing: The Lorry Driver
Jul. 29,2022
Deadly Browsing: The Lorry Driver

How a lorry driver, looking at dating sites while driving, went on to kill three.

EP5  Logan Mwangi: A Boy Betrayed
Jul. 02,2022
Logan Mwangi: A Boy Betrayed

Logan Mwangi was five years old when he was murdered by the people he trusted.

EP4  27 Years to Catch a Killer
Jun. 25,2022
27 Years to Catch a Killer

Rikki Neave left for school but never came home. Decades on his killer has been jailed.

EP3  The Abuser Working for MI5
May. 21,2022
The Abuser Working for MI5

This is the story of a dangerous MI5 agent, which the government tried to keep secret.

EP2  Stabbed in a Sanctuary
Apr. 15,2022
Stabbed in a Sanctuary

Sir David Amess MP was murdered by an IS fanatic, at a meeting in a church in Southend-On-Sea in Essex, UK.

EP1  The Murder of Sabina Nessa
Apr. 09,2022
The Murder of Sabina Nessa

Primary school teacher Sabina Nessa was killed at random by a man with a history of violence.

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Released: 2022-04-09 | Released Producted By: BBC , Country: United Kingdom Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0c072wf
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