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BBC hits back at complaints from viewers after Silent Witness sparked outrage by including a 'racist slur' in the new series
The new series of the acclaimed crime drama continued on Monday, with Lace Akpojaro and Jude Cudjoe reprised their roles as Roy and Leo.
The killers then tie them both to chairs before placing a gas mask, which is attached to a supply of nitrous oxide, around one of the women's heads in order to suffocate her to death. Silent Witness is no stranger to controversy, with one episode seeing the killers attempt to murder victims using a lethal gas in a scene similar to the execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith The scene draws shocking parallels to the real life execution of convicted killer Kenneth Eugene Smith, who was put to death on Thursday using nitrogen hypoxia
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