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26.02.2024 - 21:58 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A new Channel 4 show will take viewers inside the courtroom to give them a glimpse of how the British justice system works.
The Jury: Murder Trial, which will air over four nights this week, shows a murder trial using actors in front of two randomly selected juries - neither of whom are aware of the other. It will take a forensic look at the inner workings of justice and explore the secrecy that surrounds jury verdicts in the UK.
In the programme both juries are asked to judge on the case of a man who admits he killed his wife, but whose defence maintains that he lost control, and is therefore not guilty of murder. Viewers will watch to see if both juries reach the same verdict and how they follow the complexities of the law around loss of control.
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The series was filmed over ten days in a former courthouse in Essex and the case being examined in the show is in fact based on a real-life murder trial.
Producers Screendog recreated the original trial using original transcripts but changed dates and names - with the defendant given the name John Risedale and his wife Helen.
Channel 4 has not said which real-life case the show is based on and this will not be revealed to viewers during the series.
Ed Kellie, Creative Director at Screendog said: “We wanted to be inside the jury room of a real and complex murder case – and to explore how a jury works and if jury verdicts really are as reliable as we are led to believe.”
Alf Lawrie, Head of Factual Entertainment, for Channel 4 said: “This fascinating and ground-breaking programme asks profound questions about the justice system. Lifting the lid on what most people know little about this revealing show could
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