In a case like this, the police are under immense pressure to come up with a result. Consequently they often get it wrong, so much so that a local murder, that of Wendy Sewell in Bakewell churchyard, has never been solved. Stephen Downing was convicted, and (18 years) later released as his "confession" was extracted by force. It is widely believed in this area that the real murderer was the son of a local dignitary, and that the police covered this up.