About this episode

This episode explores doubts surrounding the conviction of Francis Clarke for the murder of Tina Sellars and examines the scientific evidence presented in the case.

The jury was certain. Francis Clarke had murdered Tina Sellars. But as we discovered in the last episode, there are serious doubts as to whether the time required to commit the crime tallied with the window of opportunity that Clarke had to commit it. As as we find out in this episode, there are other reasons to suspect there was a potentially entirely different explanation for the crime. But what about the scientific evidence? That's incontrovertible surely? For more details: Fire UK Public Information Film https://youtu.be/o7jsDUEvPBA?si=fz7AG97RAAcFkR2R Facebook Group | https://www.facebook.com/groups/4464604230427918/ Email | blackpoolstreetmurderpodcast@gmaiLcom Ken Davies | ken.davies@gsemedialtd.com The Mysterious Case of the Blackpool Street Murder is a copyrighted GSE Media Ltd production - All rights reserved.

People in this episode

Host: Ken Davies

Topics covered

• murder case
• jury decision
• scientific evidence
• doubt and certainty
• crime investigation

Keywords

• Blackpool Street Murder
• Francis Clarke
• Tina Sellars
• murder investigation
• scientific evidence
• jury
• crime doubts

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