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- Episode 17
The Lie That Destroyed a Town
The Big Cases - S1 - E17
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.
The Big Cases: Season 1 - 47 Episode s
1x1 - The Murder of Sabina Nessa
April 9, 2022
Primary school teacher Sabina Nessa was killed at random by a man with a history of violence.
1x2 - Stabbed in a Sanctuary
April 15, 2022
Sir David Amess MP was murdered by an IS fanatic, at a meeting in a church in Southend-On-Sea in Essex, UK.
1x3 - The Abuser Working for MI5
May 21, 2022
This is the story of a dangerous MI5 agent, which the government tried to keep secret.
1x4 - 27 Years to Catch a Killer
June 25, 2022
Rikki Neave left for school but never came home. Decades on his killer has been jailed.
1x5 - Logan Mwangi: A Boy Betrayed
July 2, 2022
Logan Mwangi was five years old when he was murdered by the people he trusted.
1x6 - Deadly Browsing: The Lorry Driver
July 29, 2022
How a lorry driver, looking at dating sites while driving, went on to kill three.
1x7 - My Baby: Taken, Failed, Killed
August 7, 2022
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.
1x8 - The Doorstep Murder
September 30, 2022
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?
1x9 - The Suitcase Murderer
October 28, 2022
Revealing the killer who decapitated her friend and dumped her body.
1x10 - Catching The Cult Movie Killer
November 10, 2022
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.
1x11 - Killing My Children's Abuser
November 23, 2022
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.
1x12 - Killed Walking Home
December 14, 2022
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".
1x13 - Groomed, Radicalised, Gone
January 3, 2023
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".
1x14 - Found Under The Floor
February 7, 2023
The story of Bennylyn and Jellica who were murdered after starting a new life in the UK.
1x15 - Twenty Minutes of Terror
February 24, 2023
A gunman kills five people within minutes. Could the shootings have been prevented?
1x16 - Homegrown Terrorist
March 11, 2023
How was Salman Abedi from Manchester radicalised to the point where he could kill, and could the Manchester Arena bombing have been stopped?
1x17 - The Lie That Destroyed a Town
March 17, 2023
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.
1x18 - Caught In The Crossfire
April 3, 2023
Nine year old Olivia Pratt-Korbel was killed when shots were fired into her family home
1x19 - 30 Years For Justice
April 10, 2023
Nikki Allan's murder shocked Sunderland. Why did it take so long to catch her killer?
1x20 - Stephen Lawrence: The Sixth Suspect
June 26, 2023
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.
1x21 - Sunshine Scammer
June 27, 2023
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.
1x22 - Killed on Christmas Eve
July 4, 2023
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.
1x23 - The Killing in the Lane
July 12, 2023
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.
1x24 - Killed on Duty
July 19, 2023
Sgt Matt Ratana was shot and killed on duty by a handcuffed prisoner just three months before he had been due to retire.
1x25 - Unmasking a Fugitive
August 2, 2023
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.
1x26 - Deadly Influence
September 1, 2023
The story of a social media influencer, her mum and a murder plot.
1x27 - The Missing Mum
September 28, 2023
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?
1x28 - The Commons Criminal
October 13, 2023
The MP who rose from obscurity to being imprisoned for fraud. The story of Jared O'Mara.
1x29 - Killed By My Boyfriend
October 25, 2023
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.
1x30 - The Doping Ward
December 19, 2023
The hospital unit where patients were drugged to keep them "quiet and compliant".
1x31 - The Student Who Never Came Home
December 21, 2023
Kidnapped and murdered in France while on a university placement. Is it finally time for justice for 20 year old Joanna Parrish?
1x32 - Killed In The Park
February 2, 2024
Brianna Ghey was stabbed to death - two teenagers tried to get away with murder.
1x33 - Held Captive And Left To Die
March 1, 2024
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.
1x34 - The Nottingham Attacks
March 7, 2024
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.
1x35 - The Executioner Next Door
March 8, 2024
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.
1x36 - The Dance Floor Murder
April 8, 2024
The story of footballer Cody Fisher who was stabbed to death in a nightclub in Birmingham.
1x37 - Killer in the Attic
April 12, 2024
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.
1x38 - The House Party Murder
May 3, 2024
How a house party turned into a murder scene - the fatal stabbing of Mikey Roynon.
1x39 - Crushed: The Six Year Nightmare
June 12, 2024
Monika had moved to the UK from Poland for a better life. She had work, a new place to stay but then was hit by a drink driver. He served time for injuring her so badly she could never walk or talk again. Six years later, Monika died. It was time for justice, again.
1x40 - The Abuser Headteacher
July 1, 2024
North Wales headteacher Neil Foden abused children over a four-year period, but could he have been stopped?
1x41 - Trying to Kill Holly
July 12, 2024
The case of a plot to kidnap, rape, and murder TV presenter Holly Willoughby.
1x42 - Stabbed After School
November 1, 2024
The shocking story of how a teenage relationship ended in murder. 15-year-old Holly Newton was stalked and murdered by her 'jealous' ex-boyfriend in Hexham in Northumberland. We speak to Holly's family and the police who pieced together what happened, and hear calls for a change to the law.
1x43 - My Husband the Monster
December 1, 2024
The story of Gisele Pelicot has shocked the world. She's a wife and a mother who was drugged and then raped by strangers. All were invited to do so by her husband at their home in Avignon, France. The trial of Dominique Pelicot and fifty other men has led to a huge outpouring of support across France and beyond as Gisele refused to hide away as her life unfolded in court and in public.
1x44 - Tortured Behind Closed Doors
December 17, 2024
The tragic story of Sara Sharif, who was just 10 years old when she was burned and beaten by her father and stepmother. Her body was found with dozens of injuries at the family home in Surrey.
1x45 - Killed By Kids: The Machete Murder
December 19, 2024
What happens when kids become killers? The shocking story of two 12 year old school boys who brutally murdered Shawn Seesahai with a machete.
1x46 - The Mistaken Identity Murders
December 19, 2024
A shocking story of two teenage boys from Bristol, Max and Mason, who went out for pizza and never came home. They were killed in a case of mistaken identity. We hear from the families who have faced unimaginable loss and see the consequences of children carrying weapons on the street.
1x47 - Neighbour, Friend, Killer
December 20, 2024
Wendy Buckney knew about her neighbour Brian Whitelock's past and wanted to give him a second chance. But were opportunities missed to protect the public from this triple-killer?