Name: The Big Cases
Released: 2022-04-09T07:00:00.000Z

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The biggest crime stories and court cases in the UK and beyond. The fights for justice, the investigations, and the stories of those affected by the crimes.

Crime · 2022 · 26 min

The Sycamore Gap - From Roots to Ruin

A single tree, growing in a natural dip along Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland, is destroyed overnight, and a community is left reeling. Who chopped down the tree at Sycamore Gap and why?

26 min · 15 Jul 2025
The Murder of Sabina Nessa

Primary school teacher Sabina Nessa was killed at random by a man with a history of violence.

15 min · 9 Apr 2022
Stabbed in a Sanctuary

Sir David Amess MP was murdered by an IS fanatic, at a meeting in a church in Southend-On-Sea in Essex, UK.

15 min · 15 Apr 2022
The Abuser Working for MI5

This is the story of a dangerous MI5 agent, which the government tried to keep secret.

10 min · 19 May 2022
27 Years to Catch a Killer

Rikki Neave left for school but never came home. Decades on his killer has been jailed.

25 min · 25 Jun 2022
Logan Mwangi: A Boy Betrayed

Logan Mwangi was five years old when he was murdered by the people he trusted.

27 min · 30 Jun 2022

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