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Teen trapped for 20 years on indefinite jail term should have served 18 months, judges rule

Jay Davis is among six prisoners languishing on IPP jail terms to have their sentences quashed last week

The Independent UK

Church warden jailed for life for murder of lecturer has conviction quashed

Retrial ordered in case of Benjamin Field, found guilty in 2019 of murdering Peter Farquhar, 69, in Buckinghamshire

The Guardian - UK

Cheshire constabulary rejects criticism by David Davis over Letby investigation

Force issues strongly worded rebuttal after Tory former cabinet minister alleges ‘egregious failures’ in call for review

The Guardian - UK

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David Davis says Cheshire police made ‘egregious’ failures in Lucy Letby investigation

Conservative former cabinet minister says nurse convicted of murdering seven babies has suffered a miscarriage of justice

The Guardian - UK

Expert witness in Lucy Letby trial did not reveal hospital investigation into his medical work

Cheshire police and CPS say they were not told about inquiry into Prof Peter Hindmarsh before he gave evidence at nurse’s trial

The Guardian - UK

Lucy Letby case expert witness was under fitness-to-practise investigation during trial

Exclusive: Jury was never told about inquiry into key prosecution witness Peter Hindmarsh, which looked into allegations including of harm to patients

The Guardian - UK

The silencer and the White House Farm murders: is this the evidence that could free Jeremy Bamber?

He has been in prison for 41 years for killing five members of his family – despite no DNA linking him to the crime. New analysis of the crime scene photographs for the Guardian suggests the prosecution’s central argument may have been wrong

The Guardian - UK

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Government has halted controversial policy of destroying court records, investigation reveals

A controversial policy of destroying recordings of trials after seven years is to be abandoned, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has disclosed.

The Conversation

New evidence claims man was framed for murder of foreign student in Dorset

Dorset Police has said its investigation was ‘thorough, detailed and very complex’

The Independent UK

Rate-rigging convictions of five bankers referred to UK appeals court

Referral comes after supreme court overturned convictions of two other traders, Tom Hayes and Carlo Palombo

The Guardian - UK

Criminal Cases Review Commission refers indefinite sentences of five men for appeal

Referrals all relate to controversial imprisonment for public protection scheme or its equivalent for children

The Guardian - UK

New hope for IPP prisoners as five men held on indefinite jail terms referred to appeal courts

IPP prisoner Luke Ings, who served more than 18 years after he was jailed for robbery and a fight in McDonald’s aged just 17, is among the cases up for review by judges

The Independent UK

Senior Living Entry Fees Are Being Restructured in Several States

For most retirees, the “entrance fee” at a Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) is the largest check they will ever write. Often ranging from $100,000...

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Murder convictions in Moss Side ‘joint enterprise’ case referred to court of appeal

CCRC says new evidence undermines narrative Durrell Goodall, Reano Walters and Trey Wilson were in a gang

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The Jeremy Bamber twist: does Britain’s most notorious murderer finally have an alibi?

This week, audio footage was released by the New Yorker magazine, which seemed to exonerate Bamber, who has been in prison for 40 years. Could this lead to his release?

The Independent UK

First convictions linked to Post Office scandal referred for appeal

The case of Patricia Owen was lined up to be referred to the Court of Appeal in July

Evening Standard

First convictions linked to Post Office Capture software referred for appeal

The case of Patricia Owen was lined up to be referred to the Court of Appeal in July.

The Guardian - UK

Watchdog fails wrongly convicted owing to lack of forensic expertise, experts say

Criminal Cases Review Commission faces criticism over its handling of several high-profile cases

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Evening Standard

Ex-church warden’s murder conviction to be reviewed again by appeal judges

Benjamin Field, 34, is serving a life sentence for the murder of Peter Farquhar, 69, after plotting to make him think he was losing his mind.

The Guardian - UK

Witness to 2009 murder ‘told he would be charged’ unless he gave Met a name

Exclusive: Mother of man who testified against Kai Shannon, whose conviction is being examined by CCRC, says police put pressure on her son

The Independent UK

Miscarriage of justice watchdog investigates cases of 175 people handed abolished indefinite jail terms

Eight out of 12 cases sent to the Court of Appeal have resulted in controversial IPP and DPP jail terms being quashed, reduced or substituted

Evening Standard

First criminal conviction linked to Capture referred to Court of Appeal

An application was made on behalf of Patricia Owen to the Criminal Cases Review Commission.

The Independent UK

Final member of the Stockwell Six cleared after false accusation from corrupt police officer

Ronald De Souza had been accused of trying to rob British Transport Police officer Derek Ridgewell

Evening Standard

Man jailed based on corrupt officer’s evidence has name posthumously cleared

Errol Campbell, who died in 2004, had his convictions for theft and conspiracy to steal quashed.

Evening Standard

Errol Campbell: Man cleared posthumously over south London theft conviction by corrupt officer

He was previously found guilty in April 1977 and sentenced to a total of 18 months’ imprisonment

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