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Because of the legal restrictions, reporters in Britain cannot disclose details of criminal cases where a suspect has been charged, until the trial is over.
It’s different in America, but here, true-crime documentaries are confined to cold cases, in which the mystery was never solved, or summaries of a police investigation that led to a conviction.
That’s what makes Accused Of Murdering Our Son: The Steven Clark Story (ITV) so unusual. Charles and Doris Clark, both now in their 80s, were arrested last year on suspicion of killing their 23-year-old disabled son.
Despite a four-day search of their house and garden, police have not found a scrap of evidence to indicate the couple, both former police officers, had anything to do with Steven’s 1992 disappearance.
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Doris 81, and Charles Clark, 78: parents of Steven Clark, on the Cleveland Coast near Marske
Accused of Murdering Our Son – The Steven Clark Story (ITV, 9pm) On December 28, 1992, 23-year-old Steven Clark disappeared; he was last seen close to his home in Marske, near Redcar. Twenty-eight years later his now elderly parents Doris and Charles were arrested on suspicion of his murder, despite the fact his body has never been found. They were subsequently released, and here, they get to tell their side of the story. Ex-detective Mark Williams-Thomas – who will be familiar to those who saw ITV’s acclaimed documentary The Other Side of Jimmy Savile – reinvestigates the case, spending 17 weeks with the Clarks as they endure a terrifying ordeal. Charles and Doris also discuss their son, who was left disabled by a car accident when he was a toddler, and reveal the devastation they felt at being accused of his murder.
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