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Channel 4's Deceit: The chilling real-life crime that inspired the brand new drama

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It was a story that shocked the nation. Back in July 1992, Rachel Nickell was walking with her two-year-old son, Alex, on Wimbledon Common, when she was brutally murdered.

Rachel was just 23, and when a passer-by found her, little Alex was clinging to her, pleading: “Wake up, Mummy.” After questioning 32 men, detectives thought they had a suspect in local man Colin Stagg, and asked criminal psychologist Paul Britton to draw up a profile of the killer.

Stagg fitted the bill and a covert operation was launched, using an undercover policewoman. As they grew closer, “Lizzie James” tested Stagg by talking to him about Rachel’s killing.

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