6 h. ago Orkney Assassin Michael Ross' lawyer hopes Prime Video documentary will lead to 'new evidence'

The Orkney Assassin: Murder In The Isles has been released on Prime Video to mark the anniversary of Shamsuddin Mahmood's death in a Kirkwall restaurant in 1994.

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24 h. ago Orkney Assassin living in 'no man's land' as Michael Ross pleads innocence 30 years on

Michael Ross was just 15-years-old when he murdered waiter Shamsuddin Mahmood in Orkney in 1994.

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48 h. ago Inside where Michael Ross is now as Prime Video's The Orkney Assassin documentary airs

Prime Video's The Orkney Assassin: Murder In The Isles has arrived, delving into the murder of Shamsuddin Mahmood.

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60 h. ago Inside one of Scotland's most controversial murder cases which split small community

As The Orkney Assassin airs on Amazon Prime, Reach Screen Time speaks to two people involved in the case

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1 week ago Who is Michelle Mone? BBC airs documentary on ex Tory peer's downfall

Baroness Michelle Mone called the BBC documentary about her “misleading and one-sided”

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1 week ago Ellie Simmonds sobs over birth mother's confession that leaves viewers 'broken

Award-winning British Paralympian swimmer Ellie Simmonds aired a personal documentary where she considered her options when it comes to having kids or not on ITV tonight

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2 w. ago Britain's shameless fare dodgers revealed: Moment brazen commuters attack police, barge through barriers and insult train staff in bid to avoid paying for tickets

A Channel 5 documentary called 'Fare Dodgers: At War with the Law' airing on Monday evenings at 9pm has uncovered the scale of rail passengers illegally trying to travel for free in Britain.

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2 w. ago New BBC Scotland documentary to tell personal stories of Lockerbie Air Disaster victims

Lockerbie: Our Story will be shown in early June - the day after the final episode of the Bombing of Pan Am 103 drama is broadcast.

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3 w. ago Daughter who murdered her parents and kept their bodies for four years features in 'extraordinary' new documentary

Ginny McCullough has spoken out for the first time in a new documentary Confessions of a Parent Killer which will air on Paramount Plus on June 12

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3 w. ago After 35 years, the Menendez brothers have a chance for parole. Was that the Netflix effect? | Zoe Williams

It is hard to prove the judicial impact of two shows inspired by the notorious double murder case. But undoubtedly, they heightened public scrutinyWhen the true-crime documentary Menendez Brothers: Misjudged? aired in 2022 on Discovery+, its impact was not immediate, except on TikTok, where – chicken and egg-style – it was hard to determine whether people were talking about the case because of the show or because a general cultural osmosis had brought the topic to the fore.Erik and Lyle killed their parents in 1989, when they were 18 and 21. They alleged a childhood of sexual, psychological and physical abuse by their father, which their mother knew about but didn’t act on. The judge disallowed what was called the “abuse excuse” at the time, and the prosecution successfully landed the argument that they had murdered their parents for their inheritance, resulting in whole-life sentences without the possibility of parole. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Susan Sarandon and Frankie Boyle among signatories urging BBC to air Gaza film

The open letter was signed by 600 people urging the BBC director general Tim Davie to air the unreleased documentary, Gaza: Medics Under Fire.

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last month Bibaa and Nicole Murder in the Park: Where is their killer now as Sky airs new documentary

A new documentary examines the events and investigation

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