When 22-year-old Julie Hogg went missing, leaving her three-year-old son behind, police and family were stumped. Three months later, Julie's horrified mother, Ann Ming, discovered Julie's badly decomposed remains. A suspect, Billy Dunlop, was quickly identified, arrested, and put on trial. Despite overwhelming evidence, Dunlop was acquitted. Astonishingly, Dunlop later gave an interview in which he freely confessed to the murder - knowing that under the law of double jeopardy, he could not be retried.
This is the story of how Ann Ming became a warrior for bringing her daughter's murderer to justice, despite his acquittal, despite the entrenched law, and despite seemingly impossible odds.
The eight hundred-year-old British law against double jeopardy prevented Billy Dunlop from being retried until Ann Ming began her successful campaign to change the law and bring her daughter's murderer to justice. In her quest, Ann enlisted the police, the press, members of Parliament, and the British Home Office. After years of hard work and struggle, Ann finally achieved what she had always sought: justice for Julie.
This is the story of how Ann Ming became a warrior for bringing her daughter's murderer to justice, despite his acquittal, despite the entrenched law, and despite seemingly impossible odds.
The eight hundred-year-old British law against double jeopardy prevented Billy Dunlop from being retried until Ann Ming began her successful campaign to change the law and bring her daughter's murderer to justice. In her quest, Ann enlisted the police, the press, members of Parliament, and the British Home Office. After years of hard work and struggle, Ann finally achieved what she had always sought: justice for Julie.
