Doubts begin to emerge about the testimony of Beatrice Ball, who claims her neighbour George Stagg shot her footballer husband Tommy before turning the gun on her.
Episode 2 of The Murder that Changed English Football looks at the evidence collected against Stagg, including a former wartime rifle and a blood spattered gate, which are the only unbiased witnesses to his fatal confrontation with the Aston Villa player.
Did the jury have doubts as they weighed up Stagg's life after the briefest of trials?
The episode relies heavily on research by Colin Brown, author of The Armistice Day Killing: The Death of Tommy Ball and the Life of the Man who Shot Him.
Post production by Istorias Media, sound editing by Sasha Sadikov.
