- The nine-year-old skeleton of David Ackroyd is discovered in Thames mudflats. Ackroyd was clearly shot but in 1999 Luke Slade was convicted of his murder although no corpse was found and an unreliable witness claimed that Slade told him he had stabbed his victim. Whilst in jail Slade has become skilled in the law and wins himself a re-trial, putting James Steel's career on the line in the process. Fortunately for Steel, a visit to Slade's old cell-mate yields results.—don @ minifie-1
- When a treasure hunter with a metal detector uncovers a body in a shallow grave, the police identify the remains as those of David Ackroyd who disappeared in 1999. His killer, Luke Slade, was convicted in the absence of a body but the evidence begins to cast a shadow over the reliability of the conviction. Evidence at the trial was that Ackroyd had his throat slit but the medical examiner finds that he was shot in the head. Slade soon files a writ to have his conviction overturned and the Crown prosecutors learn that Slade will represent himself at the appeal. James Steel was the original trial prosecutor as this was his first case with the Crown Prosecution Service. When a re-trial is ordered, Steel and the police have to build an entirely new case against him. Steel soon finds himself before his own hearing alleging misconduct in his pursuit of Slade.—garykmcd
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