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The IndependentMark Billingham’s blood ran cold. And that’s what began my fascination with this case.” In the documentary, we revisit the terrible crimes that Hindley and Brady were guilty of, and they should never lose their power to shock On 4 February 1990, Bishop abducted a seven-year-old girl known as “Claire” at Devil's Dyke in East Sussex, and locked her in his car boot. “What fascinated me,” Billingham says, “was that just before making Once Upon a True Crime, I read an amazing article about just how close Brady and Hindley came to being executed. In the same way, it's almost impossible to get one's head around what kind of damage being locked in the boot of a car does to a human being.” James concludes: “It’s absolutely vital that we remember the victims. It's like having your soul murdered’.” ‘Once Upon a True Crime’, 9pm on the Crime + Investigation channel on Mondays, is available to stream on CI Play
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