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Dec 2019
As midlife crises go, millionaire Peter Morgan's was spectacular. He slept with dozens of escorts, eventually setting one, Georgina Symonds, up in a house, paying thousands a month for the pleasure of her company. When he discovered she was plotting to blackmail him, he hatched a plan to keep her quiet.
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Dec 2019
Lea Adri-Soejoko and Rahim Mohammadi were very different people, brought together by their shared love of gardening. Refugee Mohammadi's allotment was a mark of acceptance into British society. Which is why he would do anything to keep it - even kill his mentor, kindly 80-year-old allotment society secretary Lea.
Dec 2019
'Back-to-school killer' Jesse Matthew preyed on young students finding their feet at university. After getting away with a string of campus sex attacks, he took his depravity to the extreme when he began abducting and murdering young, vulnerable women - horrendous crimes that went unpunished for years.
Dec 2019
Local politician Stephen Searle had a dirty secret; he was sleeping with his son's girlfriend, the mother of his grandchild. When his wife Anne found out she was devastated, humiliated, bitterly angry. After weeks of alcohol-fuelled fights and recriminations Searle and his wife clashed for one final time.
Jan 2020
Philip Nicholson wanted a normal life - independence, a girlfriend, a family of his own, like the happy home of his childhood. He thought he'd found all that with Isabella Gossling. But she had other ideas. Along with predatory bully Richard Moors, they started a game that would end in Philip's death.
Jan 2020
In summer 2014 a drink thrown in a Manchester nightclub triggered a gangland feud that caused years of ruthless violence. Mark Fellows, nicknamed The Iceman, executed two of his rivals in cold blood. Afraid, witnesses refused to give evidence against him - until his passion for running became his downfall.
Jan 2020
Thomas and Lisa Infante had four children - and a volatile marriage. One day Lisa announced she'd had enough, she'd met someone else, she wanted out. As divorce proceedings began, Lisa prepared for her new life, getting fit and stockpiling cash. Thomas was devastated - and one night an argument became a murder.