News Sport Weather iPlayer Sounds Bitesize CBeebies CBBC Food

Did soldier August Sangret murder his girlfriend? Why did he give such a long statement?

In 1942, Sangret was charged with the murder of Joan Wolfe, but why would he kill her?

16 June 2015

3 minutes

This clip is from

Catching History's Criminals: The Forensics Story—Instruments of Murder

How a common insect and clever thinking solved a gruesome murder

Duration: 02:12

Can the face of a killer be constructed from DNA left at the scene of a crime?—A Question of Identity

Duration: 00:43
The future of fingerprint analysis—Traces of Guilt

Duration: 04:09
How a common insect and clever thinking solved a gruesome murder—Instruments of Murder

Duration: 02:12
Lancaster, 1935 — Dr Buck Ruxton is charged with the murder of his wife and their maid—A Question of Identity

Duration: 02:28