ROB Rinder choked back tears live on ITV show Lorraine as he recalled discovering a link to his family's Holocaust tragedy on the set of his new TV show. Rob, known as Judge Rinder to many telly fans, was opening up on gritty new TV series Britain Behind Bars to host Lorraine Kelly, 64. 6 Judge Rob Rinder fought back tears as he told how he discovered a link to a painful family tragedy on the set of his new TV show Credit: Rex 6 Show anchor Lorraine Kelly appeared troubled as Rob detailed the findings of his new ITV series Credit: Eroteme 6 He fought back tears as he told how a Nazi who had been hung was in fact responsible for the torture of his grandfather Credit: ITV 6 The Jewish criminal barrister previously opened up on his family's experience of the Holocaust in BBC show My Family, The Holocaust and Me Credit: BBC/Wall to Wall Media Ltd/Tom Hayward The Jewish criminal barrister told the Scottish show anchor how one particular episode at Shrewsbury Prison focussed on the controversial topic of corporal punishment.
Rob told how, though he was opposed to the death penalty and had been an "activist" against it, it was a difficult subject to address with many facets. He said: "I feel very strongly, and still do, that it's never right for the state to take somebody's life." He continued: "But there's a moment in that episode and you will see I am confronted by Pierrepoint, the last hangman, his voice, and I am told to turn over a page.
"As I do so I discover he was the hangma.