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Britain's Darkest Taboos Series 5

Britain's Darkest Taboos Series 5 - Sundays at 9pm The latest series of Britain’s Darkest Taboos tells the story of some of the most shocking and disturbing crimes within families and relationships. Every family’s worst nightmares are re-lived and re-told first hand by family and friends as well as police officers involved in the cases. Each episode includes accurate dramatic reconstructions of key events and expert analysis from former Detective Superintendent David Swindle and psychologist Emma Kenny. Cases include a son-in-law who starts a blaze that kills his wife, his father-in-law and his own baby, a 17-year-old daughter who was hanged and sexually abused in a snuff movie fantasy and a young woman with a learning disability who was beaten to death for being different. */ Episode 1My Teenage Son: Groomed Online and Lured to His DeathOn February 17, 2014, fourteen-year-old Breck Bednar was lured to his death by Lewis Daynes. Daynes, aged 18, had been grooming Breck over the internet for several months after the two of them met through an on-line gaming community. Find out more Episode 2My Son-in-Law Burnt My Family to DeathIn the early hours of September 10, 2011, Danai Muhammadi and an accomplice used a garden spray to start a blaze that killed his estranged wife Melissa Crook, his father in law Mark Crook and his own baby, 15-month-old Noah Crook. Find out more Episode 3My Disabled Daughter: Tortured and Murdered By Her FriendsOn August 9, 2010, Gemma Hayter, a 27-year-old woman with a learning disability, was found stripped, stabbed and beaten to death on the bank of a disused railway track in Rugby, Warwickshire. Find out more Episode 4Our Daughter Murdered in a Snuff Movie Fantasy On May 26, 2013, porn-obsessed killer Jamie Reynolds lured 17-year-old Georgia Williams to his home where he hanged her and took photographs of himself sexually assaulting her. He then dumped her body in woodland and went on the run. Find out more Episode 5My Daughter: Stalked, Then Murdered by Her Ex Rana Faruqui’s former boyfriend Stephen Griffiths refused to accept that their relationship, which had only lasted a few months, was over and that Rana wanted nothing more to do with him. He stalked her for several weeks and on August 2, 2003, he stabbed her to death.Find out more Episode 6My Stepdad Abused Us for Twelve Years Louise Turnbull was subjected to years of horrific sexual abuse at the hands of her stepfather Albert Maughan. Throughout her childhood, she was raped and indecently assaulted by the man she was supposed to trust. Find out more Episode 7My Pregnant Daughter was Strangled to Death by Her Boyfriend On December 3, 2013, Ben Blakeley flew into a rage and strangled his teenage girlfriend Jayden Parkinson to death after she told him she was pregnant. He dumped the 17-year-old’s body in a ditch and then, a few days later, buried her in his uncle’s grave. Her body wasn’t found for more than two weeks. Expert Profile: David Swindle Emma Kenny - Psychologist Previous Series