The third season of The Jury restaged the real-life trial of two 14-year-old brothers charged with killing their stepfather and examined whether a new jury of 12 ordinary people would reach the same conclusion.
First airing on BBC Two in 2019 and currently available to stream on Netflix, Responsible Child tells the story of a 12-year-old boy called Ray – played by Bring Her Back's Billy Barratt – who is put on trial for murder after his step-father was found dead.
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Is Responsible Child based on a true story?
In 2014, Jerome was just 14, while his brother Joshua was 23. Together, the pair stabbed their stepfather, Neil Tulley, to death as he lay on the sofa at their family home. Tulley was later found with over 60 stab wounds.
Jerome was sentenced to six years in detention for manslaughter on grounds of loss of control. Meanwhile, Joshua was found guilty of murder and sentenced to life in prison, with a minimum of 14 years behind bars.
While Jerome has now been released and is living a private life, Joshua is still in prison and is not eligible for parole until 2028 at the earliest.
While speaking at a screening for Responsible Child in 2019, he said: "During my time there I saw a very, very young child coming into the court, and I asked the lawyer who I was with whether this child would be giving evidence... and he said, 'No, no, he's the accused.' And that came as quite a shock, and that led me to ask questions about, what age do we put children on trial?"
Meanwhile, Ray's brother is called Nathan, not Joshua, and their stepfather is called Scott, rather than Neil.
Holt went on to direct Channel 4's The Jury series, including the third season that focused on the case of the Ellis brother.
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