Tonight | Mark of a Murderer on ABC: Colleen Egan reopens the Andrew Mallard case – Mark of a Murderer premieres tonight. The four-part Australian true crime series reveals the truth about two men convicted of murder, at 8.30pm on ABC and ABC iview.
Journalist Colleen Egan leads the investigation. The series exposes police failures and gross miscarriages of justice, and unmasks a suspected serial killer.
TV Central’s preview last month noted that Egan has followed this Western Australian case for decades.
A murder in 1994
In May 1994, West Australian store owner Pamela Lawrence is attacked. She dies soon after.
Detectives zero in on Andrew Mallard. He is 31, British born, unemployed, smoking marijuana and committing petty crimes.
Another arrest, another Brit
Mallard’s arrest coincides with the charging of another British man over an equally brutal murder. His name is Simon Rochford, and he is 26.
Rochford had been using an alias. He was calling himself Mac Donald.
Has he killed before?
Startling details of Rochford’s behaviour begin to emerge. Is he a psychopath, and has he killed before?
The opening episode sets up the questions the series will spend four weeks answering.
Don’t miss Mark of a Murderer, Monday 16 November at 8.30pm on ABC and streaming on ABC iview.
Read TV Central’s Mark of a Murderer preview, and watch on ABC iview.