A mother's grief

Why did the police and press ignore the shocking murder of two sisters?

- TESS LAMACRAFT, IAN MACEWAN

NEW CRIME

Two Daughters

Sunday, 9pm, BBC2

On the evening of 5 June 2020, sisters Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman headed to a park in north London to celebrate Bibaa’s 46th birthday. It was lockdown, and the women were following the Government’s rules, which banned indoor gatherings.

The sisters met with the permitted number of close friends at Fryent Country Park near Wembley. But the evening ended in tragedy – and social worker Bibaa and photographer Nicole, 27, never returned home.

CONCERN