Crimes That Shook Britain

Christmas Eve 2022, 26-year-old beautician Elle Edwards is enjoying a night out with friends and family in a local Merseyside pub. Shortly before midnight, she steps outside for some fresh air. Minutes later, she would be killed...struck down in a torrent of machine gun bullets. She is the unintended victim of a gang-land shooting gone terribly wrong.

Ten-year-old Jack Lis is at his friend's house when he is savagely attacked by a powerful and aggressive dog. Despite desperate attempts by first responders, his injuries are catastrophic. Jack's death is one of the first in a series of deadly dog attacks that are sweeping the country...and as the headlines stack up, the nation's attention is focused on one breed-the XL Bully.

A father-son trip to the capital ends in horror as 51-year-old Lee Pomeroy falls victim to a ferocious knife attack on a packed commuter train. Lee is brutally stabbed 18 times in 25 seconds and dies in the arms of his 14-year-old son before help can arrive.

When a missing person is found dead in Finsbury Park, north London, investigators discover the sadistic killer has already struck before...and got away with it.

When a young Goth couple - Rob Maltby and Sophie Lancaster - are set upon by a 'pack of feral thugs', the vicious attack leaves eye-witnesses afraid to speak up. Despite the very public attack, a wall of silence falls around the offenders.

The brutal murder of 16-year-old Brianna Ghey shocked the nation, and the world. The trans teenager was a vulnerable victim, who lived almost her entire life online-finding friendship in her thousands of social media followers. Brianna is manipulated by her killers who posed as friends to lure her to her death.

During the height of the COVID lockdown, families and friends were separated from their loved ones. The death of Shakira Spencer was the culmination of systematic cruelty at the hands of people she originally believed to be friends.

In June 2020, as the country is enjoying a short respite from COVID restrictions, three men are fatally stabbed in broad daylight while chatting with friends in the park. But the nation's shock at the terrorist attack soon turns to anger, as details of the killer are revealed.