Case file · Series 19, Episode 2 · Season 19, Episode 2
Crime and Punishment
A village watch group responds to burglary with absolute certainty—until one of its own is murdered at the butcher's shop.
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A sharp case about suspicion spreading faster than evidence in a self-policing community.
- Best for
- Vigilantes · Village watch · Unsolved death
- Mood
- Classic
- Team
- DCI John Barnaby with DS Jamie Winter
- Spoiler guidance
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Why it matters
A sharp case about suspicion spreading faster than evidence in a self-policing community.
Ingrid Lockston founded the Bleakridge Watch after her brother died in an unsolved hit-and-run. The patrol now treats a series of burglaries as proof that the village must police itself, but its certainty becomes much harder to defend when member Angus Colton is murdered in his butcher's shop.
Pub landlord Mitch McAllister is a vocal opponent of the group and an easy suspect when another member dies. Barnaby and Winter look instead at how the Watch's authority, the burglaries and Ingrid's original loss have been made to support the same version of events.
Break the seal: reveal the finding
The Watch's present conflicts lead back to the earlier hit-and-run and to the person most invested in controlling both its investigation and the village response.
More episode detailsProduction, cast, deaths and filming information
Credits, context and checked facts
Production and cast
- TV series
- Series 19
- Episode number
- Episode 2
- Written by
- Paul Logue
- Directed by
- Renny Rye
- Listed transmission date(s)
- 4 January 2017
- Reported filming period
- May–June 2016
- Detective
- DCI John Barnaby
- Partner
- DS Jamie Winter
- Pathologist
- Dr Kam Karimore · Manjinder Virk
- Principal setting
- Bleakridge
- Casebook tone
- Classic
Check the credits, then follow the source trail for production and filming details. Counts below describe this archive’s records.
The fictional setting and the real filming sites are separate pieces of information. The location desk currently connects it to 1 broader filming area and 4 exact on-screen site identities.
Credits and archive connections
- Writer credits6 episodes credited to Paul Logue
- Director credits23 episodes directed by Renny Rye
- Release positionCase 112 of 144
- Story characterClassic · Vigilantes · Village watch
- Location evidence4 exact screen-use matches
Haddenham supplies The Anchor as the café, a real butcher's shop as Colton's Butchers and The Rose and Thistle as The Gallows pub.
The Ethorpe Hotel at Gerrards Cross is used as the fictional George Hotel.
Sources for the production file
Published episode chronology and credits ↗Official ITV programme page ↗Filming-location reference index ↗The chronology is the reference for the credits shown here. A programme homepage does not independently verify a filming date or every production detail. Where multiple transmission dates are listed, territory attribution needs checking. Story, teleplay and adaptation distinctions require the original credit wording; links to external synopses may reveal plot details.
Selected episode credits
Crime and Punishment cast
These selected cast entries link to their published profiles. They do not include every name shown in the end credits.
Neil Morrissey
Morrissey plays Mitch McAllister in Crime and Punishment, a case revolving around a remote policing initiative. The part follows a career that made him familiar to both adult sitcom audiences and younger viewers.
Open actor profile →Fiona Dolman
Frances Barber
Vicki Pepperdine
Phoebe Campbell
Joe Sims
Sam Troughton
Sara Powell
James Atherton
Philip Bird
Clive Swift
Marty Cruikshank
Emilio Doorgasingh
Katy Cavanagh
The performers behind this case
Core cast
Actor profiles for the detective, investigating partner and pathologist credited to this episode.
Neil Dudgeon
John Barnaby · Detective Chief InspectorAn English actor whose television work before Causton included Piece of Cake, The Mrs Bradley Mysteries, Messiah and the sitcom Life of Riley. He also appeared in Midsomer Murders years earlier as a different character in Garden of Death.
- Messiah
- Life of Riley
- The Mrs Bradley Mysteries
Nick Hendrix
Jamie Winter · Detective SergeantAn English actor trained at the University of Exeter and RADA. His theatre work includes the National Theatre, Old Vic and West End, while his screen credits include Black Mirror, Marcella, The Crown, Legend and Suffragette.
- Black Mirror
- Marcella
- The Crown
Manjinder Virk
Dr Kam Karimore · Police pathologistA British actor, writer and director known for The Arbor, Britz and Trigger Point. Her filmmaking work includes the award-winning short Out of Darkness, which she wrote and directed.
- The Arbor
- Trigger Point
- Out of Darkness
Portraits are used only where a reusable licence or public-domain release has been verified. Publicity stills and stock photographs are not copied into this independent guide.
Forensic desk
Dr Kam Karimore
- Credit
- Resident pathologist
- Played by
- Manjinder Virk
Exceptionally capable and forthright, Kam works across the transition from Charlie Nelson to Jamie Winter.
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Deaths recorded in this case
3 people die in this case, according to the linked death record.
Break the seal: reveal the death ledger
- Angus Colton
Murder · Freezing
Performer check- Angus Colton: not listed in the current published cast recordNo Angus Colton performer appears in the current published cast record.
- Azeem Meer
Murder · Blunt force
Performer check- Azeem Meer: Emilio Doorgasingh
- Frank Lockston
Murder · Vehicle or machinery · historical or before the main case
Performer check- Frank Lockston: not listed in the current published cast recordThe historical victim is named in the death ledger, but no Frank Lockston performer appears in the current published cast record; Ingrid, Tara and Maxine Lockston are different characters.
Break a second seal: reveal the verified killer
Verified killer
Barbara WaltonBarbara deliberately ran down Frank Lockston to stop his abuse of Maxine, then killed Angus Colton after he found the abandoned car and killed Azeem Meer after he discovered the photograph that linked it to the old hit-and-run. Henry and Jensen Marsh cleaned and concealed the car after Henry stole it, but neither committed the killings.
Verified motive
Barbara killed Frank to stop his sustained physical abuse of Maxine after an attempted escape failed, describing her purpose as keeping Maxine safe. The disappearance of the car initially concealed what she had done; years later she killed Angus and Azeem only when their discoveries threatened to expose the hit-and-run.
Real place → fictional identity
What was filmed where?
The Ethorpe Hotel
Used as: The hotel appears as the fictional George Hotel.
The Anchor
Used as: The venue appears as Bleakridge's local café.
Representative photograph of the real filming location; the exact camera angle or building may differ.Village butcher's shop
Used as: The shopfront becomes Colton's Butchers, scene of the opening murder.
Representative photograph of the real filming location; the exact camera angle or building may differ.The Rose and Thistle
Used as: The pub is presented as The Gallows in Bleakridge.
Representative photograph of the real filming location; the exact camera angle or building may differ.Sources support the listed site uses; they do not establish every filming location in an episode.
Wider filming areas