TV drama on murder of Jo Yeates to be screened tonight

A TV drama focussing on the murder of a Hampshire landscape architect will be aired tonight.

The dad of victim Jo Yeates has welcomed a new ITV drama which tells the story of an innocent man wrongly suspected of killing his daughter.

David Yeates says he believed the programme will shine a light on police failings in their investigation which he believes led to delays in catching the man responsible.

Mr Yeates said there had been inadequacies in the police probe and he hoped the programme, which airs next month, could bring a positive and help improve future investigations.

He also spoke of the familys loss at it prepares for the fourth anniversary since Jo, pictured above, was brutally strangled, before her body was found dumped at the side of a road in Bristol.

The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies, which will hit TV screens next week, tells the story of Mr Jefferies, who was arrested on December 30 after the discovery of Jos body on Christmas Day in 2010.

Jo vanished on December 17 after going for Christmas drinks with colleagues in the city.

Mr Jefferies, a retired schooltmaster, was later released without charge.

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TV drama on murder of Jo Yeates to be screened tonight