On November 1, 2003, 14-year-old Charlene Downes left her home in Blackpool and was never seen again. This documentary examines the events that followed. A wall of lies and misinformation hindered the subsequent investigation into Charlene's disappearance, until one man stepped forward. The information this witness gave to the police unveiled what was considered to be Britain's first grooming-gang scandal. It also enabled Lancashire Police to launch its biggest-ever investigation, including secret surveillance of two new suspects.
Four years into the investigation, two suspects have been charged in relation to Charlene's disappearance, but one suspect is determined to clear his name. After spending over two years on remand in prison, are the two accused in fact victims of a gross miscarriage of justice, or calculated groomers and murderers with a convincing defence?
The documentary looks at how the Downes family, feeling let down by the justice system, continued campaigning for their missing daughter. But with Blackpool awash with rumours about the teenager's home life in the weeks before she went missing, nothing was as it seemed. Eventually, unseen evidence brought the investigation back to the place where Charlene was last seen. But would it lead to an answer? Last in the series.