A number of Channel 5 viewers were both surprised and 'confused' by a Benidorm star's appearance in new true crime drama Maxine, which sparked a huge reaction online when it debuted on Monday night.
It's been 20 years since Soham school girls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman were murdered by caretaker Ian Huntley, the then boyfriend of classroom assistant Maxine Carr, who worked at the school the youngsters went to. A large scale search and police operation were launched after their frantic families reported them missing, only for things to end in the way they never hoped they would, when their bodies were found in a ditch close to RAF Lakenheath.
Huntley is still behind bars for their murders, while Carr, who Channel 5's Maxine is focused on, was released after serving 21 months of a three and half year sentence. The Maxine cast is led by Jemma Carlton as Maxine Carr and Scott Reid as Ian Huntley, but it was the appearance of Benidorm favourite Steve Edge, that raised a few eyebrows as many viewers condemned Channel 5 for even allowing the drama to be shown.
