On a bright summer’s day in a quiet English village, 30‑year‑old Vikki Thompson set out to walk her dog along familiar paths. The honey‑coloured stone cottages and open fields around her Cotswold’s home were part of an ordinary routine, the kind of everyday moment that should have ended with her returning safely home. Instead, Vikki vanished.

Her disappearance would go on to shape legal history in the UK, becoming one of the first cases to test a major shift in British law: the end of double jeopardy. For centuries, an acquittal meant a person could never be tried again for the same crime — even murder. But in Vikki’s case, new forensic evidence changed everything, opening the door to a second trial and marking a landmark moment in modern justice.

This episode discusses real crimes and sensitive themes. Listener discretion is advised.

- Episode first published on YouTube in January 2026.

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