The case will be covered across two episodes
A famous Cambridgeshire cold case is set to feature across two episodes of a TV show on Channel 4 starting tonight (Monday, April 13). 24 Hours in Police Custody is returning to Channel 4 with the case of Una Crown, 86, who died at her home in Wisbech and here is how you can watch it.
The widow was found dead by her nephew-in-law on January 13, 2013, in a pool of blood with her body being burned. Two police officers attended to the scene and concluded her death was not suspicious, believing she had accidentally set herself on fire and tried to put it out with a tea towel.
The investigation concluded the two cuts to her throat were likely to have been caused by pressure from her scarf as she fell to the floor. A later post-mortem determined Crown had been stabbed to death and a murder investigation was launched.
However, Crown’s house had already been cleaned, as it was not originally treated as a murder investigation crime scene. The investigation eventually went cold for a decade before being reopened after a DNA breakthrough in the case.
Channel 4’s popular series, 24 Hours in Police Custody be will airing a two-part special called The Cold Case Murder which follows Detective Superintendent Iain Moor and colleagues in the Major Crime Unit, as they look into the new evidence to catch her killer.
The episodes will look at how the team used new forensic techniques to match DNA found under Crown’s fingernails to a man who lived just down the road named David Newton. You will see how detectives had to travel all over the county to rule out his male relatives and create a strong prosecution case.
Newton, who is now in his 70s, was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum of 21 years in February last year thanks to the team’s investigation. Judge Justice Neil Garnham described Newton as having carried out a “ferocious and sustained knife attack on a defenceless old lady”.
If you are interested in watching 24 Hours in Police Custody: The Cold Case Murder to find out more about how Det Supt Moor and his team were able to finally solve Crown’s murder, the first episode will be airing tonight on Channel 4 at 9pm. The second episode will on the same channel at 9pm tomorrow (Tuesday, April 14).
If you miss the episodes, you can watch them after they have aired on Channel 4’s streaming service.



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