Rachel, a respectable middle class property manager, is serving 30 years for killing a man she once went on a date with – even though she was 100 miles away from the crime scene. Her mother insists her coercive partner was to blame. Who do you believe?

When in 2020 Rachel Fulstow clicked on the profile placed by Michael Hillier on dating website Hinge, she was immediately struck by his commendable qualities and desire to meet someone who shared the same values.

He was, he wrote, ‘honest and loyal’ and ‘a gentleman’ who was looking for someone ‘caring with good morals’.

And certainly, at first, he seemed every bit the good catch. ‘Initially, he appeared loving and respectful towards Rachel,’ recalls her mother Jenny today. ‘He seemed intelligent, articulate, interested in my work in the NHS.’

No one could have guessed where this promising love story would end: with the

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