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EXCLUSIVE: Channel 4 has set cast for The Gathering, the show from Line of Duty producer World Productions about a violent attack on a teenage girl during a rave.

Line of Duty have struck up a deal with Channel 4 after writing a brand new crime drama for the network.World Productions have put together The Gathering, a three-part series which still has no air date but will focus on a group of teenagers from Merseyside with a mysterious and potentially criminal background.Written and directed by the critically acclaimed Helen Walsh, the programme will be targeted at younger audiences who were gripped by Line of Duty.READ MORE: Line of Duty star Martin Compston helped Uber driver's family flee the TalibanChannel 4 are implementing a new strategy to get younger viewers hooked on a variety of shows airing across the network.Head of Drama for the network, Caroline Hollick said: "We are thrilled to be working with the brilliant Helen Walsh and World Productions on this exciting series; The Gathering which forms part of our strategy to commission drama which also appeals to younger viewers."Through this absorbing story, with Helen’s beautifully drawn, real and relatable characters, the series looks at how family, friendship and aspiration is influenced and shaped by the highs and lows of modern-day parenting."Exploring relevant and urgent themes around what it means to be a teenager, as well as a parent today, The Gathering is cleverly wrapped up in a compelling 'whodunnit' thriller, where the stakes are upped episode after episode."The Gathering will focus on Kelly, the victim of a previous attack who risks her strict gymnast lifestyle by getting in with a crowd of reckless teenagers.However, by getting involved with the group, Kelly risks her future with Team GB, with writer Helen saying: "Micro-managing of children's lives has become the new normal."The Gathering throws today's

Channel 4 has picked up a new six-part drama currently titled The Gathering from the acclaimed writer and director Helen Walsh.

The devastated family of dad who was brutally murdered and dismembered have described their ordeal as "pure hell". Ashley Walsh, 34, was repeatedly struck with a hammer by Aaron Evitt, 34, on the night of January 7.

murdering a man who had previously been their friend, and callously cutting his body into pieces to make it easier to hide his remains, one of the killers tried to blame the other for the horrifying act.Aaron Evitt, 34, repeatedly attacked Ashley Walsh with a hammer, before Evitt's cousin Gerard McGlacken, 45, 'chopped up' his body. The pair then transported his body parts to a local park in four suitcases.Ashley's cousin, Helen Walsh, said: ”We have heard how he died in horrific circumstances, but the torture endured by his family when they were searching for him in the days after his disappearance was pure hell.“It sickens me to learn that while we were worried sick, searching for him… he was already dead."READ MORE: Killer butchered 42 girls 'because drinking victims' saliva would give him superpowers'In Manchester Crown Court, Mr Justice Goose said: "Ashley Walsh was aged 34 when he was callously and brutally killed."In 102 areas of injury were included multiple wounds to his head and face caused by repeated hammer blows, and to his body by a number of deep stab wounds to the chest."After he was murdered his head was removed and his body dismembered."The horrific incident unfolded after the three men had been drinking together at McGlacken's flat in central Manchester.After Ashley allegedly claimed he'd slept with Evitt's ex, Evitt began attacking him with a hammer.

The family of a dad who was murdered before being brutally dismembered have told of the 'pure hell' they have endured. Ashley Walsh's family cheered and applauded in court as his killers were told they must both serve at least 28 years in jail after being convicted of murder.

EXCLUSIVE: World Productions and Severn Screen, the producers behind ITV/BritBox’s Luke Evans series The Pembrokeshire Murders, are coming together again to make a series on another notorious crime in Wales — the brutal murder of Lynette White in 1998.