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Barrister Robert Rinder examines the case of Rolandas Poskus, a man who was found dead in a park in Hull, and Amanda Playle, a woman who was stalked by her ex-boyfriend.

Nova Welsh was found dead in a cupboard at her home in Birmingham in 1981. Thirty five years later, police decided to look again at the evidence. Could they catch the killer?

Barrister Robert Rinder examines real-life cases, revealing how ground-breaking forensic technology was used to track down the killer of 87-year-old Gladys Godfrey, who was brutally murdered in her own home. Plus, male domestic abuse victim Ian McNicholl tells the story of his suffering at the hands of his ex-girlfriend.

Robert Rinder examines the case of 38-year-old Michelle Gunshon, who disappeared in 2004. Although police soon suspected murder, her killer was not convicted until July 2012.

Barrister Robert Rinder examines real-life cases, recounting the crimes of Dominic McKilligan and Lee Nolan. McKilligan was a teenage paedophile who missed being put on the sex offenders register by just one day, while known fantasist Nolan boasted to friends that he had the body of a woman in his boot. After a police tip-off, his car was searched and its shocking cargo uncovered.

Barrister Robert Rinder tells the story of 24-year-old Alice Ruggles, who had everything to live for - until a short-lived romance with Lance Corporal Harry Dhillon. When Alice ended the relationship in the summer of 2016, Dhillon commenced a reign of stalking and threats, culminating in one final act of terror on the evening of the October 12.

When 22-year-old Helen McCourt went missing on a stormy night in February 1988, her mother Marie feared the weather was to blame, little did she know, the real cause of her daughter's disappearance was a lot more sinister, and would be the start of a lifelong campaign to find her. Barrister Robert Rinder examines the case.

In Prestatyn, Melanie Smith's anger over a neighbourhood dispute leads her to wreak revenge on a family with tragic consequences. And the disappearance of a woman in her mid-fifties leads to a revelation beyond her family's worst nightmares.

In May 1996, police were called to a road-rage incident on a slip-road of the M25 that led to the stabbing to death of 21-year-old Stephen Cameron. Robert Rinder examines how the case led to an international manhunt for suspect Kenneth Noye, who fled the country and was eventually tracked down in Spain in 1998.

The barrister examines the case of 84-year-old Diana Bramall, who decided to install CCTV to film her carer Donna after noticing money was going missing from her handbag, but the footage captured would shock her and her family and leave Diana devastated. The barrister also examines the case of Lyndsey Vaux, who was found dead in the home she shared with her partner Becky and Becky's mother Gillian.

Barrister Robert Rinder examines the story of a woman whose ex-husband killed their sons during an unsupervised visit, as well as the case of a elderly woman's carer who was at the centre of a web of deceit and fraudulent activity.

Barrister Robert Rinder recalls how the Border Force and the National Crime Agency worked together to carry out the UK's biggest ever drugs bust. He also recounts the events of February 2006, when the small market town of Tonbridge in Kent made headlines around the world as news broke of the biggest cash robbery in British history.

The National Crime Agency and Border Force's work to track the movements of a suspicious light aircraft, and an innocent teenager, Conner Marshall who was the victim of an unprovoked assault.

Barrister Robert Rinder presents the 2003 case of a drive-by shooting in Aston, Birmingham, that left two girls fighting for their lives when they were caught in the crossfire of gang rivalry. He also follows the investigation to find the man who broke into a woman's Pembrokeshire home and sexually assaulted her.

The barrister considers the case of 25-year-old Joanna Yeates, who was found strangled to death and partially covered in snow on a county lane on Christmas morning 2010. The discovery of her body ended an eight-day police search, but the authorities and the media focused on Joanna's landlord and neighbour, Christopher Jeffries, while the real killer was on the loose.

In October 1993, Gary Nelson, a man described as one of the most violent and dangerous men to walk the streets of the UK, murdered a bouncer and community police officer. In an investigation spanning 13 years, a determined team of police officers work to ensure Gary Nelson faces justice for his crimes.

The barrister considers the case of Stephen Downing, who was convicted in 1974 of the murder of Wendy Sewell in Bakewell Cemetery and released on appeal in 2001 following a lengthy campaign by journalist Don Hale.

In February 1997, Roger Andrews is confronted in his home by a man holding a gun. In a split second decision Roger fights back with his own pistol and shoots the man 3 times. The man survives and is arrested by the police. Quickly links between the man arrested and another crime emerge - the murder of a retired town clerk in Ramsgate in 1996. In June 2010, 14-year-old Lillian Groves was killed outside her home in New Addlington in Surrey by speeding motorist John Page, who had been smoking cannabis. This is the story of Lillian’s parents’ fight to change the legal system that had allowed this man to escape a fitting punishment.

The barrister examines the 1976 murder of 15-year-old Janet Commins, whose body was discovered in Flint, north east Wales, and the man who was wrongly imprisoned for manslaughter. Would the real killer now be brought to justice?

Barrister Robert Rinder looks into the investigation that followed a number of complaints to the RSPCA from people who had purchased sick and dying dogs. It led to an unscrupulous gang of puppy traders and several raids and arrests - but the complaints kept coming. Plus, the story of a murder that tore a family apart.

The barrister examines the case of 22-year-old Adele Bellis, who decided to call time on her volatile relationship with her boyfriend Anthony Riley, unaware of the horrifying events that would follow. The barrister also looks at the case of Joanne Peacock, who discovered that her 15-week-old baby Charlie sustained brutal injuries at the hands of her partner, Paul Sykes

Barrister Robert Rinder examines more real-life cases, looking at the events leading up to crimes, going through the police investigations and summing up the trials. In the first edition, he focuses on the murder of five-year-old April Jones by Mark Bridger, and the carjacking of great-grandfather Anthony Mather by a gang of youths in Birmingham.

Barrister Robert Rinder examines the story of how Border Force cutters the HMC Seeker and HMC Searcher tracked a fishing vessel suspected of carrying a shipment of cocaine. Plus, drunken driver Thomas Burney, who drove into and killed 19-year-old pedestrian Bryony Hollands in 2015.

Barrister Robert Rinder examines the case of Anthony Richardson, who was attacked in broad daylight outside a shopping centre in Grimsby. CCTV footage helped Humberside Police piece together footage leading up to the incident to discover who was behind the fatal attack. Plus, how teenager Carly Fairhurst's decision to become a prison pen pal to convicted killer Darren Pilkington would change her own life and end in tragedy.