10 Steps to Murder

As midlife crises go millionaire Peter Morgans was spectacular He slept with dozens of escorts eventually setting one Georgina Symonds up in a house paying thousands a month for the pleasure of her company When he discovered she was plotting to blackmail him he hatched a plan to keep her quiet

Lea AdriSoejoko and Rahim Mohammadi were very different people brought together by their shared love of gardening Refugee Mohammadis allotment was a mark of acceptance into British society which is why he would do anything to keep it Even kill his mentor kindly 80yearold allotment society secretary Lea

Backtoschool killer Jesse Matthew preyed on young students finding their feet at university After getting away with a string of campus sex attacks he took his depravity to the extreme when he began abducting and murdering young vulnerable women These were horrendous crimes that went unpunished for years

Local politician Stephen Searle had a dirty secret he was sleeping with his sons girlfriend the mother of his grandchild When his wife Anne found out she was devastated humiliated and bitterly angry After weeks of alcoholfueled fights and recriminations Searle and his wife clashed one final time

Pilot Iain Lawrence put his wife Sally on a pedestal until he lost his job After that her position as a successful businesswoman was a reminder of the failure hed become When their marriage fell apart he refused to accept the loss of not only his wife but the wealth and status he had grown accustomed to

Philip Nicholson wanted a normal life with things like independence a girlfriend and a family of his own like the happy home of his childhood He thought hed found all that with Isabella Gossling but she had other ideas Along with predatory bully Richard Moors they started a game that would end in Philips death

In the Summer of 2014 a drink thrown in a Manchester nightclub triggered a gangland feud that caused years of ruthless violence Mark Fellows nicknamed The Iceman executed two of his rivals in cold blood Afraid witnesses refused to give evidence against him until his passion for running became his downfall

Thomas and Lisa Infante had four children and a volatile marriage One day Lisa announced shed had enough shed met someone else and she wanted out As divorce proceedings began Lisa prepared for her new life by getting fit and stockpiling cash Thomas was devastated and one night an argument became a murder

Ann Marie Anastasi and her husband Anthony had an atypical domestic arrangement that they both enjoyed a younger woman Jacqueline Riggs shared their bed and lived in their basement But then Anthony chose the 25yearold over his wife of two decades and Ann Marie vowed to punish them both

Breck Bednar was a popular boy who loved online gaming He was a member of the Air Training Corps and attended church every week with his family But when he met deviant predator Lewis Daynes online his personality changed It was a friendship that would have cruel and tragic consequences