The Long Drop

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The Long Drop by Denise Mina: 2. On Trial

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The Long Drop by Denise Mina

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Lawyer Laurence Dowdall takes the stand as Peter Manuel is tried for eight murders.

Six months on, Manuel is on trial for eight brutal murders and Watt's lawyer is about to take the stand. Read by Liam Brennan.

Glasgow, 1957.  Six months on, Manuel is on trial for eight brutal murders and Watt's lawyer, Laurence Dowdall, is about to take the stand.

Denise Mina reimagines the true crime trial of Scotland's first serial killer, Peter Manuel, in a dark and compelling exploration of truth and storytelling.

Businessman William Watt wants answers about his family's murder. 

Small time crook Peter Manuel claims to have them. But you don't get something for nothing. Over the course of a bizarre night these unlikely drinking partners will swap stories and attempt to cut a deal with the goal of emerging from scandal with reputations, and profits, intact.

Read by Liam Brennan.

Abridged by Siân Preece.  

Producer: Eilidh McCreadie

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2018.

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Denise Mina reimagines the trial of brutal serial killer Peter Manuel in 1950s Glasgow.

Denise Mina reimagines events leading to the trial of brutal serial killer Peter Manuel in 1950s Glasgow. Abridged by Sian Preece. Read by Liam Brennan

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