Failed Justice: The Craig and Bentley Case Revisited

Uncovers the wrongful conviction of Derek Bentley, revealing new evidence that challenges his unjust execution in 1953.

On 2 November 1952, two teenagers, Derek Bentley and Christopher Craig, tried to break into a warehouse in Croydon, Surrey. The police were called and in the minutes that followed, Craig wounded one policeman and shot another dead.

At 16, Craig was too young to hang, but Bentley, at 19, was not. Even though he had not fired a shot or carried a gun and was under arrest at the...