When Kerry Woolley developed a problem with alcohol, her family all rallied round to try to get her back on her feet. But Kerry had met a new friend called Ian Bennett, who seemed more intent on drinking with Kerry than helping her. Her family had no idea what Bennett was capable of.

Keith and Ildiko Bettison had been married for decades, with a teenage daughter and an apparently happy life. But when their daughter, Zsuzsika, moved away to university, their relationship imploded into a chaotic world of bullying, violence and alcoholism that would culminate in murder.