Overview
- The Channel 4 episode, aired Thursday, July 2, 2026, revisited the Gilfoyle case with interviews from Eddie Gilfoyle, his lawyers and forensic and psychological experts.
- Eddie Gilfoyle was convicted in 1993 of killing his eight‑and‑a‑half‑months pregnant wife Paula and served about 17–18 years in custody before release on licence.
- Crown Prosecution Service documents and later reporting describe scene contamination, officers cutting down the body, destruction of the rope, a long delay in disclosing Paula’s diary and an internal Merseyside Police report that was not shown at trial.
- The Criminal Cases Review Commission referred the case to the Court of Appeal in 1999 but the appeal court upheld the conviction and subsequent CCRC applications in the 2000s were not referred back.
- Supporters and some former senior officers call the programme a renewed case for review while Paula Gilfoyle’s family continue to insist the original verdict was correct and no legal change has followed the documentary.