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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Sanjeeta Bains

Families in BBC Sherwood's real-life village 'still divided' by miners' strike

The quiet leafy village of Annesley Woodhouse on the fringes of Sherwood Forest was the surprising setting for one of the most brutal killings in Nottinghamshire's history.

In the summer of 2004, the community was left shell shocked by the killing of grandfather Keith Frogson on his doorstep. The events surrounding his death were the inspiration behind the BBC drama Sherwood.

His killer was Robert Boyer who lived on the same street as ex-miner Keith. Boyer was convicted of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility and given an indefinite hospital order.

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