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I Fought the Law
The extraordinary true story of one woman taking on the establishment
When Ann Ming’ s 22-year-old daughter, Julie, goes missing from her home in 1989, Ann pleads with the apparently unconcerned police to help her. Eventually launching an investigation, the police fail to find Julie. Three months later, it is Ann herself who discovers what has happened to her.
Ann channels her grief into finding justice for her daughter, but when a violent local man is charged with murder, a series of blunders sees him walk free. Safe in the knowledge that the Double Jeopardy law protects him from being tried again for the same crime, the man openly and publicly brags about having murdered Julie. Incensed, Ann begins a 17-year campaign to overturn this 800-year-old law, in a courageous and tenacious fight to seek justice for her daughter.
Ann Ming: Sheridan Smith( Four Lives, The Teacher) Charlie Ming: Daniel York Loh( Scarborough) DS Mark Braithwaite: Enzo Cilenti( The Crown) Writer: Jamie Crichton( All Creatures Great and Small, The Last Kingdom, Grantchester) Director: Erik Richter Strand( The Crown) Producer: Mark Hedges( Time) Exec Producers: Liza Marshall, Charlotte Webber
Duration 4 x 1 hr
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I Fought the Law: The Ann Ming Story
Narrated by Sheridan Smith, this documentary explores Ann Ming’ s remarkable fight for justice and how it helped secure other landmark convictions. Includes interviews with Ann, her family and friends, and retired police officers.
Duration 1 x 1 hr
MultiStory Media for ITV, UK
Hera Pictures for ITV, UK, in association with All3Media International
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