25 years in prison on dream evidence – Andrew Evans (1972)
“Andrew Evans is an English soldier from Longton, Staffordshire, who was wrongfully convicted and served 25 years in custody after confessing to the 1972 murder of [...]
False confession
The Cardiff Three and the Lynette White murder case
Yusef Abdelahi, Tony Paris and Steven Miller Served four years for the murder of Lynette White before their convictions were overturned on appeal. Subsequently Jeffrey [...]
Murder conviction ruled unsafe (2009)
Convicted of murder of Alf Wilkins in Grimsby in 2001 on evidence that he had confessed while drunk, Ian Lawless, 47, has had his conviction overturned after the Court of [...]
‘Another childhood stolen by the state’ – Paul Blackburn’s 25 years in prison (2003)
Paul Blackburn was convicted of attempted murder in 1978 on an alleged confession written for him by the police, but it wasn't until 2005 that the appeal court quashed his conviction, recognising that the 'confession' should never have been admitted as evidence. [...]
‘Unsafe confession’ ruled after teenager testified to remembering the crime as if it were a “dream” (2006)
A man who served 14 years of a life sentence for murder has had his conviction quashed after evidence revealed that his confession to police had been obtained during three [...]
Man ‘fitted up’ by West Midlands Serious Crime Squad gets £200,000 (1998)
An innocent man who spent “five hellish years” in jail after being beaten by a detective and made to sign a confession to robbery was awarded £200,000 [...]
Ex-soldier jailed for killing is freed after 16 years (1995)
A former soldier jailed for life 16 years ago for the sex killing of a teenage boy was freed yesterday after his confession was shown to be unreliable. The only evidence [...]
Trevor Campbell framed by West Midlands Serious Crime Squad (1985)
14 years in jail after being threatened into confessing to a crime he didn’t do A man who served 14 years in jail after being convicted of the murder of an elderly [...]
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