Ben Field, then 28, was found guilty of murdering Peter Farquhar in 2019 by an unanimous jury. He was cleared of conspiring to kill Ann Moore-Martin and of her attempted murder. Timothy Spall and Anne Reid play Peter Farquhar and Ann Moore Martin in the drama ( BBC/Wild Mercury/Amanda Searle) We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. Field has made two unsuccessful bids to challenge his conviction at the Court of Appeal. An application has since been made for the Criminal Cases Review Commission to review the case, according to the Oxford Mail.

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A spokesman for the CCRC told the Oxford Mail: “An application has been received related to this case. It would be inappropriate for us to discuss the application or make any comment at this stage.”

In August 2015, Ben spiked his lover with the powerful psychedelic drug 2CB on the day of the release of his third novel, A Wide Wide Sea but attendees simply believed the lecturer was becoming an alcoholic.