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The Dorset Roots of Rachel Nickell as Case Finds New Audience on Netflix

The three-part drama and companion documentary revisit the wrongful arrest, 16-year investigation and DNA evidence that linked Robert Napper to the killing.

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The Dorset roots of Rachel Nickell are in the spotlight again as Netflix brings her story to a global audience.

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Netflix has just released the dramatic series The Witness, a production based on a real fact that impacted the world in the 1990s. Since fiction, this miniseries addresses the case of the murder of Rachel Nickell, which occurred on July 15, 1992 in Wimbledon Common, London, based on the memoirs of Alex Hanscombe, [...] See more news in Indie Hoy.

The series has arrived accompanied by a shocking documentary that is also among the most watched on the platform.

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