Sheridan Smith has left viewers in tears with her latest role portraying Teesside's Ann Ming in ITV's new drama I Fought the Law.

The four-part series, which began broadcasting on Sunday evening (August 31), tells the devastating true story of Mrs Ming - the woman who changed an 800 year old law in her battle for justice following the murder of her daughter Julie Hogg.

In November 1989 Julie was declared a missing person after Mrs Ming found her Billingham home empty and uncharacteristically tidy. Cleveland Police initially treated the case as a missing persons investigation, but Mrs Ming knew it was unlike her daughter to simply disappear and not to keep in touch.

Now Smith - who has previously portrayed real-life characters in critically praised dramas such as The C Word, The M

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