Name: Devil's Advocate: The Mostly True Story of Giovanni di Stefano
Released: 2022-02-15T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Ali Kakooli

TV Show · Documentary · Crime

The true stranger-than-fiction story of criminal defence lawyer Giovanni Di Stefano, with clients included Harold Shipman and Saddam Hussein, who conned his way into notoriety when it emerged he had no licence or qualifications to practise law.

2022 · 45m

Starring Ali Kakooli

Director Sam Hobkinson

EPISODE 1

Episode 1

Di Stefano helps to overturn a landmark confiscation order allowing Britain's richest criminal, John "Goldfinger" Palmer, to keep £33 million in ill-gotten gains.
EPISODE 2

Episode 2

City of London detective DC Jerry Walters investigates a single fraud complaint that quickly snowballs into an epic cat-and-mouse chase.
EPISODE 3

Episode 3

A sprawling, five-year-long international investigation results in Di Stefano's arrest; just as DC Jerry Walters catches his man, Di Stefano tries to turn the tables with bold new claims about his past.