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  • 2023-02-13T21:00:00Z on Crime + Investigation
  • 42m
  • 1h 27m (2 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Documentary
Two-part true documentary examining the events that led to the murder of 78-year-old former army officer David Jackson by his 66-year-old wife Penny in Somerset on the eve of Valentine's Day 2021.

2 episodes

Series Premiere

2023-02-13T21:00:00Z

1x01 I Know What I've Done and Why I've Done It...

Series Premiere

1x01 I Know What I've Done and Why I've Done It...

  • 2023-02-13T21:00:00Z44m

When Penny Jackson was arrested for the murder of her husband, 78-year-old David Jackson, the world was stunned by her apparent lack of remorse and her concern that she may not have harmed him enough to kill him. The motivation was supposedly nothing more than an argument over her choice to serve bubble and squeak with the gourmet evening meal. How could this seemingly nondescript middle-class woman have transformed into a cold-blooded killer?

Although Penny Jackson openly confessed to police to brutally stabbing her husband to death in the kitchen of their family home, she claimed she only did so after having been pushed to her limit by a sustained campaign of abuse. It’s a claim vigorously disputed by the prosecution and by David Jackson’s sister, Jenny. But support for David’s aggressive tendencies comes from an unlikely source, who was never called to testify at trial – David Jackson’s estranged brother, Alan.

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