Absolute Conviction

"Absolute Conviction"
Inspector Morse episode
Episode no. Season 6
Episode 4
Directed by Antonia Boyd
Written by Jim Brown
Production code 24
Original air date 8 April 1992
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"Absolute Conviction" is an episode of the British television detective mystery show Inspector Morse dramatized on ITV. It was first broadcast in 1992.

Contents

Set-Up

Lawrence Cryer, convicted of real estate fraud, is found dead in a cell at the minimum security prison, Farnleigh.

Investigation

Morse, his Sergeant Lewis and D.S. Cheetham (Steven Mackintosh), question various inmates, including Cryer's former partners, Bailey and Thornton, who are also incarcerated at Farnleigh and various victims of the fraud. The Farnleigh governor, Hillary Stevens (Diana Quick), is also questioned.

Conclusion

An inmate, Charlie Bennett (Jim Broadbent), incarcerated for murdering his wife, is discovered to be the perpetrator.

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