Murder in the Graveyard: A Brutal Murder. A Wrongful Conviction. A 27-Year Fight for Justice. Mary Kilbourne Matossian illuminating their fate as the

illuminating their fate as the end approaches

the now burnt-out estate that was her childhood home

the unlikely pair are thrown together on a journey to painful understanding and delightful revelations

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Murder in the Graveyard: A Brutal Murder. A Wrongful Conviction. A 27-Year Fight for Justice. Mary Kilbourne Matossian illuminating their fate as theA gripping true crime investigation into the longest miscarriage of justice in British legal history. In September 1973, Stephen Downing was convicted and indefinitely sentenced for the murder of Wendy Sewell, a young legal secretary in the town of Bakewell in the Peak District. Wendy was attacked in broad daylight in Bakewell Cemetery. Stephen Downing, the 17 year old groundskeeper with learning difficulties and a reading age of 11, was the primary