A true crime documentary about the harrowing murders that were carried out in a small Kent village has been added to Netflix.
A true crime documentary examining a murder case that “shocked the nation” is now available to stream on Netflix.
Who Killed Lin and Megan: The Chillenden Murders, originally broadcast on Channel 5 in 2023, chronicles two devastating deaths that shook a small community.
According to the Netflix description: “In 1996, an attack on a mother and her two daughters devastated a quiet English village. This documentary reexamines the investigation that followed.”
The programme explores the killings of 45 year old mother Lin Russell and her six year old daughter Megan. Lin was strolling along a rural lane with Megan, her eldest daughter Josie, then aged nine, and the family dog Lucy when they encountered a man.
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In a horrific sequence of events, he proceeded to restrain them before beating Lin, Megan and their pet to death with a hammer, whilst Josie managed to survive the brutal assault.
Michael Stone, aged 37 at the time, was apprehended twelve months later for the murders and attempted murder, reports the Express.
He was subsequently handed three life sentences with a tariff of 25 years and has made multiple attempts to challenge the conviction.
At the conclusion of the Netflix documentary, which was first shown in 2023, text on screen states: “Michael Stone lost a second appeal against his conviction in 2005.
“In 2011, Stone’s legal team was refused permission to apply for judicial review of the CCRC decision not to refer his case to the Court of Appeal.
“Michael Stone’s case has been under active investigation at the Criminal Cases Review Commission since 2017. The Commission is yet to reach a decision regarding whether or not to refer the case back for appeal.
“Michael Stone still protests his innocence of these crimes and his legal team continues to work to overturn his conviction.”
In 2022, serial killer Levi Bellfield confessed to the murders of Lin and Megan, only to retract his confession later.
The original synopsis of the documentary by Channel 5, directed by Pierre Thiebaut, states: “A look at the complex story of the 1996 murders of Lin Russell and her six-year-old daughter Megan as they walked home from school in Chillenden, Kent, a brutal crime that shocked the nation.”
Who Killed Lin and Megan: The Chillenden Murders is available to stream now on Netflix.
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