The Chloroform Killer: Episode 216

This week, the story comes from a small town west of Edinburgh in 1999. When mum of three Yvonne Davidson was found dead, it seemed that it was a terrible accident. But a year later, a friend of her partner went to police telling how he had made threats to murder Yvonne. Just what was the truth?

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When Should a Retrial be Permitted After a Conviction is Quashed on Appeal? on JSTOR
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