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For her latest role, Sheridan Smith is playing Ann Ming, the indefatigable woman who, after her daughter’s murder, fought to get an 800-year-old law overturned – and won

SHERIDAN SMITH on one woman’s historic campaign to get justice for her murdered daughter

Sheridan Smith returns to our screens this Autumn in a heartbreaking real-life drama

ANN MING’s tireless campaign to see her daughter’s killer jailed

I Fought the Law is set to be one of the most talked-about dramas on TV this autumn. It’s based on the story of Ann Ming, a mum who fought to get the 800-year-old double jeopardy law overturned (which

After the acquittal of the man who murdered her daughter, Ann Ming, 79, fought for a change in the law so that he could be retried and convicted. Now Sheridan Smith plays Ann in a new ITV series