Justice for Jodie: Searching for the Killers
Following Jodie Chesney’s father during the trial.
Popular girl scout Jodie Chesney was stabbed in the back while sat in a play park socialising with friends in east London on Friday 1 March. The 17-year-old was the victim of an unprovoked attack and died in a petrol station.
Jodie’s father Peter says he found out about his daughter’s death while he was out celebrating his birthday and he talks about setting up a charity to help the sort of lives of those who killed his daughter.
The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ followed Peter and his family for eight weeks as they went through the high-profile murder trial at the Old Bailey where two teenagers were convicted of Jodie’s murder.
The Met Police’s Det Insp Perry Benton talks about how murder detectives pieced the evidence together to catch Jodie’s killers.