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ITV's 'True Crime Presents' Returns With New Season, Opening With Wayne Coventry Case

The opener revisits the 2019 killing that led to Cordelia Farrell's 2020 manslaughter conviction with a 10-year sentence.

Overview

  • Series two premiered Thursday at 9 p.m. on ITV, with weekly episodes to follow.
  • Murder on a Knife's Edge examines how a volatile relationship ended in the fatal 2019 stabbing of Wayne Coventry in Bromsgrove.
  • After the attack, Cordelia Farrell surrendered at a Birmingham police station; in 2020 Worcester Crown Court cleared her of murder but convicted her of manslaughter and actual bodily harm, imposing a 10-year term plus 18 months concurrent.
  • Judge James Burbidge told the court the pair's relationship was "toxic" and likely to end in catastrophe.
  • Episode two, Prescription for Murder, will examine the case of Evie Adams; ITV has not confirmed the new season's episode count, though the first run had 10 installments.