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Babes in the Wood

Babes in the Wood

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Status

Released

Release Date

May 28, 2019

Runtime

1h 0m

Genres

Documentary, Crime

Original Title

Babes in the Wood

Production Companies

Atticus Pictures

Director

David Andrew Ward

Description

The Babes in the Wood Murders were the murders of two nine-year-old girls, Nicola Fellows and Karen Hadaway, on 9 October 1986, by a 20-year-old local roofer, Russell Bishop in Brighton, England. Bishop was tried and acquitted in 1987. The case remained openuntil 10 December 2018, when Bishop was found guilty of the murders in a second trial. The investigation into the two girls' murders is the largest and longest-running inquiry ever conducted by Sussex Police. With exclusive access to police tapes, this is the remarkable story of how police finally brought a child killer to justice after thirty-two years.