Malcolm Webster (murderer) Malcolm Webster (murderer) Malcolm John Webster (born 18 April 1959) is an Englishman convicted of the murder of his first wife in Scotland in 1994 and the attempted murder of his second wife. Both cases involved staged car crashes and were carried out for the life insurance money. A police profiler labelled him a sociopath. His crimes were portrayed in the three-part ITV miniseries "The Widower" (2014). Webster's father, Alexander Robertson Webster of Kincardine, Fife, had been the head of the Fraud Squad in the Metropolitan Police, holding the rank of Detective Chief Superintendent. Malcolm's mother was Odette Blewett, a
Instinct (TV serial) Instinct (TV serial) Instinct is a two-part drama serial which premièred on ITV on 26 February 2007. It was created and written by Lizzie Mickery, and produced by Tightrope Pictures for ITV. The serial follows Detective Chief Inspector Thomas Flynn, played by Anthony Flanagan, as he hunts a serial killer in the Lancashire Pennines, while dealing with a troubled personal life. Mickery, who had previously written the first three series of the similarly themed "Messiah", described "Instinct" as a character-driven whodunit, which placed the emotional lives of the characters at the forefront of the drama. In creating the lead character