Trial and Retribution is a crime drama from Lynda La Plante which breaks entirely fresh ground in both style and content.
The story traces the entire trajectory - in human and legal terms - of a serious crime. The story begins as a crime is committed. The police investigation proceeds to an arrest and then on into the law courts where the defendant is tried by a judge and jury. The viewers hear the final verdict - but it is for them to determine whether justice has been done.
Trial and Retribution probes the human implications of a horrific crime, the impact on the victim's family, the motivation of the suspect and the emotional damage to the officers involved.