The Sixth Commandment: Who was Peter Farquhar and what happened to him?
A new BBC TV drama has begun to air which tells the story of a chilling true crime. The Sixth Commandment focuses on the deaths of Peter Farquhar and Ann Moore-Martin, featuring a cast led by Timothy Spall and Anne Reid.
Read on below to find out more about Peter Farquhar, his links to Manchester and what happened to him. Crick, who maintained a friendship with Peter, wrote in The Sunday Times: "Scores of Old Mancunians testify that Peter was an inspirational teacher. While he could be withering in his put-down of any miscreant, he was also generous, a second father to some."
What happened to Peter Farquhar? Peter Farquhar met his future killer Benjamin Field through his work at the University of Buckingham. Field was a PhD student who, according to prosecutors, had a "profound fascination in controlling and manipulating and humiliating and killing".
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