The murder that changed the law — but never found the killer

Added: 2026-05-23

[00:00:00]Maxwell Confait was strangled, his flat torched. Hours later, police squeezed statements from boys who could barely spell their own names. A pathologist later proved they were miles away when the fire started, but by then the cell doors had already clanged shut. Their false confessions bought every UK suspect the right to a lawyer today, yet Maxwell's real killer still walks free.

[00:00:23]Proving the only thing harder than getting justice is admitting when you got it wrong.