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Inspired by Stephen Sayers' rise from the backstreets of Newcastle's West End to the top of the criminal ladder and the authorities subsequent attempt to bring him crashing back down again.

Eloping couple faces murder charge. Lover flees abroad, gets disfigured in accident, returns to prove innocence but recognized. Suspenseful cat-and-mouse game unfolds as truth emerges.

On the 18th September 1970 rock superstar Jimi Hendrix died in London. The coroner's report declared an open verdict on the cause of his death, it could be suicide, it could be murder. Hendrix and The Spook discovers with exclusive interviews and unseen archive footage who may have benefitted from his death, most notably his manager and British spy Mike Jeffrey and his girlfriend Monika Dannemann.