Professional manhunter Steve Robson knows that if he rattles enough family and friends, his suspect will eventually appear. He’s on the hunt for the two main suspects in the stabbing of 36-year-old Courtney Valentine-Brown. This police procedural has detectives and drama. But there’s no writers room and no edits. This is the real-life, high-stakes reality, with nothing left out: life-or-death TV.
If you want to crack a murder case, you have to be hot on detail. But what details have been omitted from the typical police procedural? What do you only understand if you’re there, finding clues, making mistakes in real-time? This is true crime with no filter. It’s days three to six in the investigation of Courtney Valentine-Brown’s murder and the team are racing to track down a second suspect.
The investigation into the murder of 36-year-old Courtney Valentine-Brown concludes. With one suspect outstanding, one on bail and one in custody, can the team of detectives and experts secure enough evidence to charge them with murder? Taking us from the crime scene to the courthouse, this fascinating series has been an illuminating insight into how much work it takes to secure a conviction.
A double-stabbing in a homeless community leaves one victim, Carl Hopkins, dead and the other seriously injured. Detectives are operating under the belief that they may have attacked one another, until a witness reveals that a drug dealer was involved. A new trail leads them to the suspect’s address. The firearms unit are mobilized, but will they get there before it’s too late?
The investigation into the murder of homeless man Carl Hopkins enters its third critical day, and it’s a race-against time to find the suspect. A forensic search gives the police the breakthrough they need. But does evidence that the victim tried to rob the suspect before he was attacked indicate that he was acting in self-defense?
Jonny Ashton
Director
Wes Pollitt
Producer
Colin Barr
Ruth Kelly