Based on the book by JACK HOUSE
In addition to the normal verdicts in English law of guilty or not guilty, there is a third, unique to Scottish law: not proven.
In a dramatised reconstruction ot three famous Scottish murder cases we ask - did the jury make the right decision, was 'murder not proven. 3: A Big Romping Boy by ERIC MACDONALD
Merrett ,
'John Donald Merrett , the charges against you are: On 17 March 1926, in the flat ... then occupied by Bertha Merrett , your mother, you did shoot her in the head ... whereby she was so severely injured that she died on 1 April 1926... and you did murder her.'
Script editor MAGGIE ALLEN Designer CAMPBELL GORDON Produced by BOB MCINTOSH
Directed by TOM COTTER. BBC Scot/and