Case 4.1

Case 4.1 refers to the first case that the Whitechapel team investigate in the shows fourth series which appears in Series four episode one and two. These episodes were broadcast for the first time on the fourth and the eleventh of September 2013.

Summary
Chandler and Miles investigate the gruesome murder of an apparent tramp when they discover that the victim was a former spy, forcing the team to cross paths with MI6 agent Stella Knight as they attempt to discover whether an old adversary of the deceased is responsible.

The murder, they discover, is a 16th-century torture, the peine forte et dure, and after a second body is found – an elderly woman burnt at the stake – they realise that someone has started a witch hunt and is now killing suspected witches in Whitechapel.