Jo Frost On Britain's Killer Kids
Season 1
TV-MA
Jo Frost, who has worked with children as a nanny for 28 years, investigates the cases of Britain's killer kids in order to answer whether children can be natural born killers.
4 Episodes
- Daniel Bartlam
E1Daniel BartlamIn the early hours of Saturday March 29th 2014, the body of Jim Attfield was found lying in Colchester’s Castle Park. The father of five had been stabbed 102 times. Three months later, 31 year old Saudi Arabian student, Nahid Almanea was attacked in broad daylight on the Salary Brook Trail. Both victims suffered multiple wounds and were stabbed in the eyes. Nearly a year later another attack was thwarted. This time the police caught the suspected serial killer, only to discover it was a 15 year old boy called James Fairweather. In this episode, Jo Frost speaks to Jim Attfield’s mum Julie Finch, criminologist Liz Yardley, neuroscientist Dr Francesca Happe and criminal justice expert Malcolm Stevens to find out, what leads a teenage boy to start killing strangers? - James Fairweather
E2James FairweatherIn the early hours of Saturday March 29th 2014, the body of Jim Attfield was found lying in Colchester’s Castle Park. The father of five had been stabbed 102 times. Three months later, 31 year old Saudi Arabian student, Nahid Almanea was attacked in broad daylight on the Salary Brook Trail. Both victims suffered multiple wounds and were stabbed in the eyes. Nearly a year later another attack was thwarted. This time the police caught the suspected serial killer, only to discover it was a 15 year old boy called James Fairweather. In this episode, Jo Frost speaks to Jim Attfield’s mum Julie Finch, criminologist Liz Yardley, neuroscientist Dr Francesca Happe and criminal justice expert Malcolm Stevens to find out, what leads a teenage boy to start killing strangers? - Sharon Carr
E3Sharon CarrOn the 7th of June 1992, 18 year old hairdresser Katie Rackliff was found brutally stabbed to death in Farnborough, Hampshire. Police assumed the ferocity of the murder which had left her body mutilated must have been committed by a man. It would take four years for the police to discover the shocking truth. Katie’s killer had in fact been a 12 year old girl called Sharon Carr. More than two decades after this horrific crime, over 40 people contacted were still too scared and disturbed to speak about it on camera. To find out why, Jo Frost hears from crime reporter Paul Cheston and speaks to criminologist Liz Yardley, neuroscientist Dr Francesca Happe and criminal justice expert Malcolm Stevens in an attempt to understand how someone so young could become a sadistic killer.
