The defence claimed that Cameron had hanged herself and that Thorne had concealed the death in panic. The evidence of Home Office pathologist Sir Bernard Spilsbury was that she had been beaten to death. Thorne was found guilty of murder on 16 March 1925. The case received a lot of press coverage at the time. Many people, including Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, thought that the trial had not proved 'beyond reasonable doubt' that Thorne had killed, or meant to kill, Cameron. An appeal was lodged in March 1925, but it was dismissed the following month. Thorne was hanged on 22 April 1925 in Wandsworth prison in London. A BBC investigative program, "Murder, Mystery and My Family", series 3, episode 3, broadcast in 2019, re-examined the evidence with two barristers and a judge. The judge declared his belief that the conviction was safe, and that Thorne did indeed murder Cameron.