and was left to defend herself from the dubious account put forward by an old friend she had fallen out with (a friend who was also dubbed Sally Arsenic!), the assertions of a well respected expert, who himself had admitted in a letter that the amount of arsenic present in Richard's body was not enough to bring a case to trial, and a jury influenced by sensationalised media coverage that had persisted since the original three trials. Unsurprisingly, the illiterate wife of a farm labourer was unable to convince the jury of her innocence. However, in 2019 the conviction was deemed unsafe on the BBC TV show Murder Mystery in my Family, during which programme, even the barrister acting for the prosecution advised the judge that Sarah should not have been found guilty. Of course this was not known at the time and this case influenced a change in the law on selling arsenic – requiring vendors to make a note of the purchaser's name, address and reason for needing poison. Governance An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward had a population of 1,461 at the 2011 Census. It is located in the local government district of Uttlesford and within the Saffron Walden (UK Parliament constituency). Notable people Jamie Oliver, celebrity chef (formerly of the village) Gallery See also Clavering hundred The Hundred Parishes References External links Clavering village website Villages in Essex Civil parishes in Essex Uttlesford