Scotlands Murder Mysteries
Donald Merrett
S1 E3:
On The Morning Of Marchnbsp17th 1926 The Merretts Were Breakfasting Together When The Servant Heard A Gunshot She Found 55yearold Bertha Lying Bleeding From A Head Wound In The Dining Room Her Son Insisted She Had Shot Herself It Gradually Came To Light That Merrett Had Been Defrauding His Mother Forging Her Checks To Pay For His Extravagance He Was Arrested In November 1926 The Trial Early The Next Year Caused A Sensation In Britain With The Exoticlooking Ldquodonnie Charged With Matricide