The Victim is a new four-part legal thriller created by Rob Williams (Killing Eve, The Man In The High Castle) and told through the eyes of the plaintiff and the accused. Made by STV, it’s coming to BBC One soon.

Kelly Macdonald plays Anna Dean, whose nine-year-old son was murdered 15 years ago. She is accused of revealing her son’s killer’s new identity online and conspiring to have him murdered. Has the anger of a grieving mother turned her into a criminal too?

Hard-working family man Craig Myers, played by James Harkness, is the victim of a vicious attack, after being identified online as a notorious child murderer. Is he simply the tragic victim of mistaken identity; or the dangerous killer he is suspected of being?

John Hannah plays DI Grover, an experienced detective investigating the attack on Craig and trying to discover who made the online accusation against him.

Opening on day one of a criminal trial in Edinburgh’s High Court, The Victim follows the legal proceedings, while also covering the events leading up to the trial. Craig and Anna are pitted against each other, but our sympathies will be divided. New potential suspects will be revealed and long buried secrets unearthed as the story builds to a final, devastating climax.

More news on a transmission date as soon as we get it.