Judge Rinder's Crime Stories

Seasons

2016

7.5

Respected barrister Judge Rinder steps out from behind the bench to present real-life crime cases. From bigamy to murder, he narrates gripping stories with unparalleled access to police files, court records, and dramatic reconstructions.

Episode List

S1 • E1

Laura Davies/Acid Attack

When Laura told her boyfriend she wanted to end their relationship, she discovered his true nature. Andreas Christopheros was a normal, happy family man, until he answered his door one evening and had concentrated acid thrown in his face.

S1 • E2

Victor Nealon/Cash Robberies

Victor Nealon was arrest, apparently at random, and charged with a violent attempted rape. This is the story of his fight for justice against a system rigged against him. A gang targets cash machines across the country.

S1 • E3

Joanna Yeates

Joanna was happy and in love, and excited to spend her first Christmas in her and her boyfriend's first home together. Then she disappeared. Her body was eventually found under the snow, she had been attacked and strangled.

S1 • E4

320 Con/Zoe Dronfield

S1 • E5

Adam Vincent/Sophie Lancaster

Sophie and her boyfriend Robert Maltby were horrifically stomped by a gang of chavs simply for dressing differently. Adam Vincent had fought his addiction and won, only to be caught up in something no-one could have imagined was happening.

S1 • E6

Murder of Hollie Gazzard/Bigamy

Crime documentary series. Judge Robert Rinder recounts the story of a family who uncovered a shocking web of deceit and fraudulent activity after the death of 102-year-old Edith Negus.

S1 • E7

Cash in Transit/Tye Hawkins

Ex-soldier James Smith served in Northern Ireland, Bosnia, and Afghanistan but it was refilling cashpoints that nearly took his life. 11 yr old Tye just followed his mum across the road, in front of a motorbike, but the rider didn't stop.

S1 • E8

Stephen Downing

17 year old Stephen found Wendy Sewell beaten and dying and did everything he could to help, but police decided he was guilty. Since there was no evidence of his guilt, they manufactured it.

S1 • E9

Liz Speirs/Billy Dove

Liz tells how shortly after her husband was diagnosed with cancer and only given months to live, close family friends offered them a totally secure investment opportunity. Billy was murdered by a psychopath looking to "hurt someone".

S1 • E10

Baby for Sale/Chris Welsh

Jo Barnett recounts her experience of the most evil con in living memory; a fake surrogacy. Chris Welsh Jr wanted to be the scouse Pablo Escobar, building a multimillion pound drug empire, which he ran even from prison; for a while.