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Rachel Nickell: My Mother's Murder (also known as Death on the Common) is a 2021 Channel 4 documentary where Alex Hanscombe revisits the 1992 murder of his mother, Rachel Nickell, on Wimbledon Common. The film explores the trauma and aftermath of the brutal, unsolved case that saw an innocent man, Colin Stagg, wrongly accused before Robert Napper was later convicted.

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This film was first broadcast: 07 Sep 2021

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