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In September 2013 Farquhar changed his will to benefit Field, a churchwarden at Farquhar’s place of worship, and a year later the pair undertook a betrothal ceremony at St. The true events have been dramatised to show what took place in the sleepy Buckinghamshire village of Maids Moreton in 2015. Pictured: British mother, 66, found stabbed to death in picture postcard Italy home as police hunt for her. Field attempted to convince Farquhar he was going insane by moving or breaking objects around the home, deleting phone contacts and writing cryptic messages on mirrors. Field, a Baptist minister's son, admitted duping both Mr Farquhar and Miss Moore-Martin into fake relationships with him as part of a plot to get them to change their wills, but denied any involvement in their deaths.

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Field, who was 28 when he was charged with the murder, manipulated 69-year-old Farquhar and tried to make his death look like an accident or suicide.

By being open and honest about chicanery, how unpleasant he’d been to Farquhar and Moore-Martin, the court and Jury wouldn’t question his sincerity regarding his claim that the murder story was simply a work of fiction. The Sixth Commandment explores the way in which both Peter and Ann were manipulated by Field, capturing the extreme gaslighting, the gripping police investigation and the high-profile trial, while poignantly highlighting the devastating effect of isolation and loneliness, as Field closed in on them. Created in the 1990s, the CCRC is the official independent body tasked with investigating potential miscarriages of justice in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Field was also accused of plotting to kill Mr Farquhar’s neighbour Ann Moore-Martin, but was found not guilty.

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But there was one person who had grown particularly close to both Peter and Moore-Martin they were keen to speak to.

In less than a year, September 2015, Farquhar changed his will once again effectively handing half his home to Field.

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However, when his neighbour Anne Moore-Martin, a retired head teacher, died in similar circumstances 18 months later, the police decided to relaunch an investigation. All while having a relationship with the former lecturer, Field had a string of girlfriends and was in a sexual relationship with Mr Farquhar's neighbour, Ann Moore-Martin who was 57 years his senior. BBC drama The Sixth Commandment has gripped viewers as it tells the real-life case of Peter Farquhar, a retired English lecturer who was murdered in 2015. It was later ascertained that his drinks had been spiked with bioethanol and poteen, a high strength Irish alcohol, and his food laced with drugs.It also celebrates both Peter and Ann's lives as cherished mentors, much loved relatives and adored friends. Neighbour Anne Moore-Martin, a retired head teacher, also became ill and died in similar circumstances 18 months later. I have not said, as perhaps I should, that I desire you, and desire to woo you; that my earnest hope is that you would see me as I see you: I see you as a beautiful, fun, lovely, insightful woman of faith and grace," he wrote in one letter (via The Guardian). Field was immediately barred from seeing Ms Moore-Martin and in April 2017, realising she’d been duped, cut Field out of her will.

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A BBC spokesperson said: "The Sixth Commandment tells the story of how the meeting of an inspirational teacher, Peter Farquhar, and a charismatic student, Ben Field, set the stage for one of the most complex and confounding criminal cases in recent memory. Mr Justice Sweeney said Field was a “well-practised and able liar”, adding: “I have no doubt that you are a dangerous offender.How pro-Palestine boycott movement is fuelling the fast food high street cancellation sweeping social media. Smith and Field were also accused of possessing a copy of a Zettl’s will, with the intention of finding out how much the pensioner was ‘worth’, and it is believed that she was intended to be Field’s third victim. On the 9th of August 2019, Ben Field was convicted for the murder of Peter Farquhar, though acquitted of the murder of Anne Moore-Martin. Passenger from hell who yelled 'white children are easy to rape because white men are p******' is jailed for. Farquhar, played by Timothy Spall, was murdered by his student and churchwarden Ben Field, played by Éanna Hardwicke.