Countdown To Murder

Murdering the Mother-in-Law (2x8)

: 03, 2015

The story of the 2009 murder of 65-year-old Maureen Cosgrove and what led her son-in-law George Maben to kill her. George fell in love with Maureen's youngest daughter and soon moved into her home, alongside Maureen's husband Terrence. The Cosgrove family had, had issues in the past and in 2007, the new couple moved to Ireland leaving two children in Maureen's care. But when Maben began showing his laziness and willingness to not do nothing to Maureen's daughter, the pair moved back home. When the daughter announced in 2008, she was pregnant, Maureen asked the couple to leave their home, trigging Maben's urge to murder her. In 2009, the crime was committed. Members of the immediate family and friends of Maureen discuss the brutal and calculated murder of a pillar of the local community.