Irish girl’s story at heart of Netflix adaptation

The shocking true story of an Irishwoman at the centre of a brutal double murder is tipped to be the next worldwide TV smash hit.

A six-part Netflix miniseries will tell how Grace Marks, a poor young immigrant to Canada, became a convicted killer with fellow Irish native James McDermott in a notorious case in the 1840s.

The pair were found guilty of butchering their employer, Thomas Kinnear, and his housekeeper and lover, Nancy Montgomery.