23 h. ago Filming locations for Sheridan Smith's ITV drama I Fought The Law revealed

I Fought The Law is based on the true story of Ann Ming's fight for justice after her daughter Julie Hogg was murdered by William Dunlop

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36 h. ago I Fought the Law review – no one does this kind of drama better than Sheridan Smith

This true crime drama about a woman who forced the government to change the law so her daughter’s killer could be jailed is totally elevated by Smith. Her brilliance turns it into genuinely moving TVIs there any comfort to be had in knowing that police incompetence is not a new phenomenon? Not really, no. But it might be all you can find to cling on to during this harrowing, heartbreaking four-part drama. I Fought the Law is based on the true story of Ann Ming ,the murder of her 22-year-old daughter Julie in 1989 and her 30-year campaign to change the double jeopardy law so Julie’s acquitted killer could be tried again for the crime.I Fought the Law has two great strengths. First, the awareness that although the overturning of a law that had existed since Magna Carta is technically the most astonishing part of Ming’s tale, it is not the most televisual. That, for better or worse, will always be the body blows she withstood, from finding her daughte...

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36 h. ago Sheridan Smith fans 'in tears' at heartbreaking I Fought the Law scenes

Sheridan Smith is being praised for her powerful performance in I Fought the Law, a new ITV drama based on the real-life harrowing story of a Brit who fought for justice after her daughter's murder

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37 h. ago Killer Billy Dunlop now as I Fought The Law brings harrowing true story to ITV

I Fought The Law tells the story of Ann Ming, whose daughter was murdered by Billy Dunlop at her home in 1989, and the 17-year fight for justice that followed

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3 d. ago What it's like to be the child of a serial killer: Daughter of BTK reveals how learning her 'good guy' father was a murderer made her whole life 'a lie'

Kerri Rawson, the daughter of US serial killer Dennis Rader has spoken about what it's like being the child of a murderer in an ABC 20/20 True Crime Vault podcast episode titled My Father BTK.

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3 d. ago Travis Decker manhunt uncovers bones as missing dad suspected of killing daughters

Travis Decker, 33, remains missing nearly three months after the bodies of his three children Paityn Decker, nine, Evelyn Decker, eight and Olivia Decker, five, were found at a campsite in Washington state

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4 d. ago Dad charged with murdering missing baby 'previously abused daughter so badly she developed cerebral palsy'

Jake Haros was previously convicted for willful child cruelty after he abused his baby daughter so badly she developed cerebral palsy, according to a prosecutor.

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5 d. ago Daughter of murdered Scots aid worker blasts IS terrorist's bid to return to UK

Bethany Haines, whose dad David was killed in 2014, has hit out at El Shafee Elsheikh, aka Jihadi Ringo.

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5 d. ago Kidnapped woman pushed off cliff to her death by 'brutal' mother and daughter

Mary Elizabeth Isbell's body was found at the bottom of a cliff in a picturesque national park two years after mother-daughter duo Loretta Kay Carr and Jessie Kelly allegedly murdered her

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5 d. ago 'The horrifying moment I found my daughter's body and her killer walked free'

New ITV drama I Fought The Law is based on the true story of Ann Ming, who spent 17 years trying to overturn the double jeopardy law after her daughter Julie Hogg's murder

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6 d. ago Australia shooting suspect’s family speaks to police as manhunt intensifies

Authorities impose no-fly zone over Porepunkah after Dezi Freeman reportedly flees into dense bush

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6 d. ago Travis Decker search: FBI shuts down campsite where his 3 daughters were murdered as manhunt intensifies

Paityn, 9, Evelyn, 8, and Olivia, 5, were found dead on June 2, with plastic bags over their heads

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6 d. ago Did cheerleader drive a boy to MURDER? Family blame 'queen bee' daughter of cop for boy's killing as NINE kids are jailed

Trey Wright, 16, was murdered in the remote outpost of Johnsonville, South Carolina, on June 24 in a shooting that saw nine teens from the area arrested.

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6 d. ago I Fought The Law release date, cast and episodes as tragic true story told

I Fought The Law is a new ITV drama based on the true story of Ann Ming's long campaign to overturn the 800-year-old British double jeopardy law following the murder of her daughter Julie

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6 d. ago I Fought The Law release date, cast, episodes and harrowing true story

I Fought The Law is a new ITV drama based on the true story of Ann Ming's long campaign to overturn the 800-year-old British double jeopardy law following the murder of her daughter

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6 d. ago I Fought The Law ITV release date, cast, episodes and real life story behind drama

I Fought The Law is a new ITV drama based on the true story of Ann Ming's long campaign to overturn the 800-year-old British double jeopardy law following the murder of her daughter

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7 d. ago FBI bushwhacks in Washington forest for traces of Travis Decker, wanted in deaths of 3 daughters

The FBI is conducting an intensive two-day search for clues to the whereabouts of Travis Decker near the Washington state campground where his three young daughters were found dead in early June

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7 d. ago Travis Decker manhunt breakthrough as FBI close huge section of national forest

Travis Decker failed to return Paityn, nine, eight-year-old Evelyn and five-year-old Olivia to their mother’s home in Wenatchee, Washington - and then they were found dead

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9 d. ago Trump vs Bolton: A timeline of the president and his former national security advisor’s long

Bolton held the high-profile position of National Security Advisor from 2018 to 2019. He later became an outspoken critic of the president, particularly in regard to his approach on Russia

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1 week ago John Bolton raid shows weaponization of FBI against Patel’s ‘gangsters’ list

Ex-national security adviser and Trump critic is fifth in a list of 60 to have been investigated in the last seven monthsWhen Kash Patel, the FBI director, faced senators during his confirmation hearings on 30 January, he bristled at suggestions that his 2023 book contained an “enemies list”. The appendix to Government Gangsters, which included a list of names for 60 people, was simply documentation of those who had “weaponized” the government, he insisted.Seven months later, that denial appears increasingly hollow. Friday’s FBI search of the former national security adviser John Bolton’s home and office, reportedly to find classified documents, marks the fifth investigation targeting people from Patel’s book. Continue reading...

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