True Crime Xtra Friday

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Alex Jones reports on a 15-year-old-girl who plunges 200 ft down a cliff face, and a Royal Navy winchman who repeatedly risks his own life to rescue six fishermen in stormy seas

Near misses caught on CCTV, featuring horror for two siblings when their parasail detaches from the tow boat, and a children's author who is nearly trampled to death by cows

Two members of a parachute display team who collided in mid-air during a public event, and a mother who climbed 40ft up a rock stack to rescue her young son during a beach holiday

Near misses caught on CCTV, featuring a grandmother contacting emergency services while battling to stop her four-year-old grandson from choking on a grape

The murderer of a 15-year-old girl is brought to justice 24 years after committing the crime

Handwriting experts help with a murder case after a mother-of-two vanishes during a shopping trip and her body is discovered a month later

A physics professor helps detectives improve the quality of CCTV footage showing a woman being shot in her store, days before she was to testify against a criminal

A bite mark could help solve a murder that occurred after Florida was hit by a spate of robberies in 1993

Detectives question dated forensic techniques used to secure an arrest after investigators found a bite mark on a victim 10 years ago

Police try to link two cases of alleged murder after two women are found dead in similar circumstances

A pit stop in a motorcycle race is engulfed in flames when fuel spills out of a rider's tank, and a holiday maker on safari gets too close to a family of cheetahs

Alex Jones presents footage of a passer-by who came to the rescue when an elderly couple were caught in a car fire in the Lakes, and a helicopter stunt that went wrong at a display

Alex Jones presents the stories of people who tried to move a London bus by hand to rescue a trapped cyclist, and a teacher who crashed during a go-kart race

A base jumper who made a misjudgement and crashed to the ground in a remote location and a grandmother injured after falling on rocks during a family seaside holiday

A nurse discovers she is HIV positive with the help of forensic science, and also finds out her illness was not an accident

A film plot gives investigators clues to the murder of a woman who was found dead in her heavily air-conditioned bedroom

Detectives discover a rare clue at the scene of a murder that helps them track down the killer of a teenage girl

A man is found shot dead in his home, and investigators suspect his wife, who claims she was away on a camping trip with her lover at the time of her husband's death

Sonic technology solves the case of a union official who was murdered in his home after a strike

A man's motives for killing an intruder who allegedly murdered his wife are questioned when new forensic evidence is found

A man accuses the mother of his newborn son of the malicious filing of a restraining order so she could get custody of their child.

A dog caregiver denies injuring a pet boxer; she is sued by the dog's owners for vet bills after the animal sprains his foot while in her care.

After being attacked by his own dog, a man sues his neighbour for medical bills claiming her unleashed dog agitated his pit bull.

A 12-year-old is accused of damaging a neighbour's truck while riding his bike in the neighbourhood.

A man sues his ex-fiancé for the return of property and punitive damages for filing an allegedly false restraining order.

Five years after the fact, a man discovers he has a child. He is sued by his ex-boss for an unpaid loan to pay back child support.

Real-life small-claims cases on issues affecting family life, presided over by outspoken former New York judge Judy Sheindlin

Punchy reality show about a female judge that has made a real impact on the American justice system. Judge Judy is real, honest and keen to get to the bottom of emotional cases.

Punchy reality show about a female judge that has made a real impact on the American justice system. Judge Judy is real, honest and keen to get to the bottom of emotional cases.

Punchy reality show about a female judge that has made a real impact on the American justice system. Judge Judy is real, honest and keen to get to the bottom of emotional cases.

Punchy reality show about a female judge that has made a real impact on the American justice system. Judge Judy is real, honest and keen to get to the bottom of emotional cases.

Punchy reality show about a female judge that has made a real impact on the American justice system. Judge Judy is real, honest and keen to get to the bottom of emotional cases.

Punchy reality show about a female judge that has made a real impact on the American justice system. Judge Judy is real, honest and keen to get to the bottom of emotional cases.

Punchy reality show about a female judge that has made a real impact on the American justice system. Judge Judy is real, honest and keen to get to the bottom of emotional cases.

A man accuses the mother of his newborn son of the malicious filing of a restraining order so she could get custody of their child.

A dog caregiver denies injuring a pet boxer; she is sued by the dog's owners for vet bills after the animal sprains his foot while in her care.

After being attacked by his own dog, a man sues his neighbour for medical bills claiming her unleashed dog agitated his pit bull.

A 12-year-old is accused of damaging a neighbour's truck while riding his bike in the neighbourhood.

A man sues his ex-fiancé for the return of property and punitive damages for filing an allegedly false restraining order.

Five years after the fact, a man discovers he has a child. He is sued by his ex-boss for an unpaid loan to pay back child support.

Real-life small-claims cases on issues affecting family life, presided over by outspoken former New York judge Judy Sheindlin

Punchy reality show about a female judge that has made a real impact on the American justice system. Judge Judy is real, honest and keen to get to the bottom of emotional cases.

Punchy reality show about a female judge that has made a real impact on the American justice system. Judge Judy is real, honest and keen to get to the bottom of emotional cases.

A nurse discovers she is HIV positive with the help of forensic science, and also finds out her illness was not an accident

A film plot gives investigators clues to the murder of a woman who was found dead in her heavily air-conditioned bedroom

Detectives discover a rare clue at the scene of a murder that helps them track down the killer of a teenage girl

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