Sarah Payne: A Mother's Story
Documentary shedding light on the emotional fallout of the murder of Sarah Payne, the eight-year-old girl who was kidnapped and killed in Kingston Gorse, West Sussex, in 2000. Two weeks after her disappearance, Sarah's body was found, and after a high profile police investigation, Roy Whiting was convicted of her murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. Testimonies from friends, family, police officers, key witnesses and experts in criminology are combined with an interview with Sarah's mother, to illustrate the tragic toll the case took on those closest to the victim.
Cast
Honeysuckle Weeks
Narrator (voice)
Sara Payne
Herself - Sarah Payne's mother
In brief
Sarah Payne: A Mother's Story (2017) is a tv movie, crime, documentary film. The film has not yet gathered many viewer ratings. The film runs 1h 30min. Check current streaming availability in the "Where to watch" section above.
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Sarah Payne: A Mother's Story runs 90 minutes (1h 30min).
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Sarah Payne: A Mother's Story was released in 2017.
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