Why ‘real-life Martha’ from Baby Reindeer may not have been lying about her degree

The “real-life” Martha from Baby Reindeer may not have been lying about her degree classification despite accusations of dishonesty across social media, The Independent can reveal.

Fiona Harvey, 58, asserted in her interview with Piers Morgan, 59, that she has a “photographic memory”.

But when he asked her to specify the grade she got for her law degree, she said: “I just did an ordinary degree and then a diploma in legal practice. I didn’t do an honours degree.”