Jo Frost On Britain's Killer Kids

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2011

With over 26 years experience working with kids, Jo Frost firmly believes that children are not born evil, but what is it that drives a child to kill? Why do some people believe that there are those who are pure evil from birth? When is a child criminally responsible for their acts? Should a child of ten years old be convicted of murder? Jo aims to answer these difficult questions through the cases she uncovers in each episode, the experts she meets and those people close to the crimes who tell these tragic stories.

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4 Episodes • Premiered 2011

1. Daniel Bartlam

In 2011 Daniel Bartlam beat his mother Jacqui Bartlam to death with a hammer and then set fire to her body in their family home. What drives a son to kill his own mother? Renowned parenting expert Jo Frost tries to find the answer to the most difficult of questions – can children be born evil?

2. James Fairweather

In March 2014 Body of Jim Attfield was found lying in Colchester’s Castle Park. 3 months later, 31-year-old Nahid Almanea was attacked in broad daylight on the Salary Brook Trail. Both suffered multiple wounds and were stabbed in the eyes. Police caught the suspect, James Fairweather, age 15. Renowned parenting expert Jo Frost sets out to understand what leads a boy to start killing strangers?

3. Sharon Carr

June 7th 1992. 18-year-old hairdresser Katie Rackliff was found brutally stabbed to death in Farnborough, Hampshire. Katie’s killer had in fact been a 12-year-old girl called Sharon Carr. Renowned parenting expert Jo Frost attempts to understand how someone so young could become a sadistic killer.

4. Michael Hamer

March 1st 2006, police and volunteers in Bury, Greater Manchester began searching for 11-year-old Joe Geeling. At 10.30am the following morning, Joe’s body was found in Whitehead Park. His killer? Fellow pupil, 14-year-old Michael Hamer. Renowned parenting expert Jo Frost tries to answer the question: what possesses a child to kill another child?