The Trials That Shocked Scotland - Season 1
Season 1
Episodes
Episode 1
Through testimony, interviews and archive footage, this series examines high-profile court cases that have shocked Scotland.
This episode features a family's 18-year fight for justice following the 1998 murder of Surjit Singh Chhokar in Overtown. There is also the 2015 trial of William Paterson at the High Court in Glasgow. Paterson stood accused of shooting to death a well-known gangland figure in a busy supermarket car park five years earlier.
Episode 2
Revisiting two more high-profile court cases that have shocked Scotland.
In 2004, Luke Mitchell stood trial for the murder of his teenage girlfriend Jodi Jones, who was killed the previous year in Dalkeith, Midlothian. Her death sent shockwaves throughout the close-knit community and across Scotland. Four years later, the trial began of the man accused of murdering Shamsuddin Mahmood, 14 years after his death. British Army soldier Michael Ross was accused of shooting and killing the Bangladeshi national. It was the first murder on the island in a quarter of a century.
Episode 3
This episode explores a challenging and uncommon murder prosecution. Following the disappearance of an Edinburgh woman, David Gilroy stood trial for her murder in 2012 at the High Court in Edinburgh. Five years later, married couple Edwin and Lorraine McLaren were in the dock accused of numerous property frauds. This complex trial would become the longest criminal court case in UK legal history.
Episode 4
This episode explores two cases that changed the Scottish legal system forever. First up is the 37-year-fight for justice following the murders of Christine Eadie and Helen Scott - aka the World's End murders - and subsequent trials of Angus Sinclair, accused of murdering the young women. Then it's an unremarkable case from the east end of Glasgow which ended up at the UK Supreme Court, resulting in huge consequences for the Scottish justice system.
Episode 5
In this episode, we examine the extraordinary 2011 trial of Malcolm Webster, who was accused of the murder of his first wife and the attempted murder of his second wife. Seven years earlier, a shocking murder on a quiet street on the outskirts of Glasgow led to the 2004 trial of William Gage.
Episode 6
In this episode, we look at how two devastating disasters led to high-profile court cases. In 1998, the UK's deadliest terrorist attack occurred when a Pan Am flight to New York City exploded over the town of Lockerbie, just days before Christmas. After years of negotiations, the trial of the two accused - Abdul Bassett Al-Megrahi and Al-Amin Khalifa Fhimah - was held in 2000 under unique circumstances at Camp Zeist, in the Netherlands.
Meanwhile, following the sudden death of the Findlay family in Larkhall, South Lanarkshire, a long and complex trial was held in 2005, with the company Transco accused of several health and safety violations.
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