The Detectives: Murder on the Streets

Episode
Episode Four
Broadcast Info
2017 (57 mins)
Description
With unparalleled and intimate access, this series follows Manchester’s murder detectives over the course of a year as they try to unravel complex cases in dramatic real time.
In this final episode, as detectives and family prepare for the trial in the murder of young homeless man Daniel Smith, the team’s ongoing enquiries lead them to visit a homeless shelter in town. Whilst there, another horrific crime comes to light. A man has just confessed to staff there that he has murdered a student and the body is in student accommodation in the city centre. As the trial date finally arrives, detectives and family of Daniel Smith are together at court. With the two main suspects pleading not guilty the outcome is now in the hands of the jury
Genre
Criminology; Policing; Law; Social Science; Forensics

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The Open University, "The Detectives: Murder on the Streets". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ou/search/index.php/prog/228949 (Accessed 09 Jan 2025)