Bizarre new social experiment is coming to Stoke-on-Trent - and this is how YOU can get involved

Fancy taking part in a new experiment coming to Stoke-on-Trent?

The Murder Trial Live is a national social experiment which has been designed to test the robustness of the UK’s judicial system.

It will involve a number of people around the UK taking part in a live murder trial of Frank Lane who is accused of murdering his wife Alison Lane on March 25 2017, however, no body has been found.

The experiment has been produced by leading barristers and the ITAE Group and will test the UK jury system by looking at the outcome at 40 replicated experiments all over the UK each with a different jury.

The experiment has been produced by a team of leading criminal barristers, including the barrister behind the production of the hit Channel 4’s series ‘The Trial - a murder in the family’.

The trial, presided over by a judge, will begin with the prosecution and defence calling witnesses to the stand to give evidence for the prosecution’s case.

The evidence will then be cross examined by the defence and the jury must make up their minds.

Executive producer Samuel Piri, said: “There’s a real current appetite for crime and justice programmes at the moment and we wanted to test how fit for purpose our justice system is in this modern age.

"The fascinating thing about this experiment is that the same trial and evidence could produce different verdicts in different locations – it’s fascinating.”

The event in Stoke-on-Trent is taking place at the Moat House at Festival Park on Friday, August 16 between 6.30pm and 11pm. Tickets start at £55 per person which includes a two-course dinner.

For more information, take a look at here.

Follow StokeonTrentLive

Download our app  - You can download our free app for iPhone and iPad from Apple's App Store , or get the Android version from Google Play . 

Follow StokeonTrentLive on Facebook - Like our Facebook page to get the latest news in your feed and join in the lively discussions in the comments. Click here to give it a like!

Follow us on Twitter - For breaking news and the latest stories, click here to follow SOTLive on Twitter .

Follow us on Instagram - Featuring pictures past and present from across Stoke-on-Trent, North Staffordshire & South Cheshire - and if you tag us in your posts, we could repost your picture on our page! We also put the latest news in our Instagram Stories. Click here to follow StokeonTrentLive on Instagram .