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As series 4 of Murdertown, narrated by Silent Witness star Emilia Fox, is released on Sky, charting events leading up to the killings of John and Joan Stirland in their seaside chalet on the Lincolnshire coast, Legal Affairs Correspondent Rebecca Sherdley looks back on the case
The conspiracy to murder the Stirlands, slain by unidentified gunmen on a hot summers day in their tiny chalet-style bungalow was circumstantial, and the case relied heavily on CCTV footage and the use of mobile phones. DNA, matching Russell's, was also found on six cigarette ends, and McNee's on a glass in the caravan's kitchen. The trial lasted three months and the jury took more than a week to deliver its verdicts.
The Stirlands were shot at their home in Trusthorpe, Lincolnshire. The quiet couple had been relaxing in the tiny bungalow, separated from the road by a neatly tended garden and a white picket fence, when the gunmen, in blue boiler suits, walked in and shot them both with two Italian-made Beretta handguns.
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