Uploaded September 2020 | Updated September 2026, 33 minutes ago
On the morning of 5 August 1952, the bodies of distinguished biochemist Sir Jack Drummond, his wife Anne, and their 10-year-old daughter Elizabeth were found by Gustave Dominici near his family home. Sir Jack and his wife had been shot, while their daughter had been brutally beaten with the butt of a rifle. The murder of British citizens on French soil caused a media sensation and threatened a diplomatic incident.
French police eventually arrested and charged Gustave's father, Gaston Dominici, as the murderer responsible for what became known as 'l'Affaire Dominici'. Sentenced to death in 1957, Dominici's sentence was commuted to life imprisonment before he was released in 1960 on compassionate grounds of poor health, eventually dying in 1965. But had the police been right? If not, who had really killed the Drummond family, and why?
This is the full length episode. Previous uploads are TV recordings with about 3 minutes of footage cut.
On the morning of 5 August 1952, the bodies of distinguished biochemist Sir Jack Drummond, his wife Anne, and their 10-year-old daughter Elizabeth were found by Gustave Dominici near his family home. Sir Jack and his wife had been shot, while their daughter had been brutally beaten with the butt of a rifle. The murder of British citizens on French soil caused a media sensation and threatened a diplomatic incident.
French police eventually arrested and charged Gustave's father, Gaston Dominici, as the murderer responsible for what became known as 'l'Affaire Dominici'. Sentenced to death in 1957, Dominici's sentence was commuted to life imprisonment before he was released in 1960 on compassionate grounds of poor health, eventually dying in 1965. But had the police been right? If not, who had really killed the Drummond family, and why?
This is the full length episode. Previous uploads are TV recordings with about 3 minutes of footage cut.
