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ITVX s new true crime series, The Long Shadow, delves into the five-year manhunt for one of Britain s most notorious serial killers which was derailed for two years by a hoax confession.
Assistant Chief Constable George Oldfield had been regarded as a top notch copper but his career and health suffered terminally after he took charge of the Ripper case.