Overview
- The two-part episode aired on Tuesday and Wednesday this week, retelling the 2025 inquiry that began when officers found 54-year-old Jamie Gawler dead in his flat.
- A post-mortem shown in the programme recorded blunt force trauma to the head, neck and chest and extensive rib fractures, which West Mercia detectives described on camera as horrific.
- Forensic leads featured in the show included a recovered table leg, CCTV of the suspect leaving Hereford, bank-card traces, and a national-database match between a bloody, partial footprint and the suspect’s rare boots.
- Police arrested Matthew Jonathan in South Wales, custody material shown on the programme included a phone video and a large back tattoo reading 'Natural Born Killer', and he was later charged and sentenced for the murder.
- Producers and viewers noted the series’ case-to-conviction format draws intense public reaction, episodes are available on BBC iPlayer, and the programme has refocused attention on police forensics and the impact of the crime on the victim’s family.