Sheridan Smith's dodgy Teesside accent in I Fought The Law has been defended by Ann Ming, who she portrays in the series, who admits it is a "tricky" dialect to master. Sheridan stars as heroic campaigner Ann, who successfully campaigned to have the UK’s 800-year-old double jeopardy law overturned following the murder of her daughter Julie Hogg. But Sheridan's accent in the primetime ITV drama which launched last month was criticised and branded "distracting", and Ann admits the specific North