2 w. ago DOMINIC LAWSON: Just as innocent men are coerced by police into confessions, so I fear the vulnerable will be pushed into assisted dying under this seriously flawed Bill

There seemed something horribly familiar about the case of Peter Sullivan. The man hitherto known as 'the Beast of Birkenhead' was released last week after 38 years in prison for the murder of Diane Sindall.

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3 w. ago The innocent man wrongly locked up for murder for 38 YEARS who was cruelly denied parole...after he refused to say he was guilty of a crime he did not commit

Peter Sullivan spent 38 years in jail for a murder he didn't commit but the Parole Board turned him down for release just three months ago after he said he 'maintains his innocence'

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3 w. ago Lawyers fume over 'Beast of Birkenhead' Peter Sullivan's £1million compensation cap who could be waiting 'years' for payment

Lawyers said the money Mr Sullivan, 68, can expect pales compared to the millions handed out to actual criminals injured on the prison estate.

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3 w. ago Peter Sullivan faces 'terrifying risk' after wrongfully spending 38 years in jail for murder

After 38 years behind bars, Peter Sullivan, who was wrongly convicted of the 1986 murder of Diane Sindall, is at last a free man. But the now 68-year-old will be walking out into a very different world from the one he once knew

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3 w. ago 'Beast of Birkenhead' Peter Sullivan in line for £1m compensation payout after spending 38 years in jail for murder he didn't commit in UK's longest miscarriage of justice

The victim of one of Britain's worst miscarriages of justice walked free last night having spent 38 years in jail.

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3 w. ago 'I'm not angry, I'm not bitter': 'Beast of Birkenhead' Peter Sullivan breaks silence as he walks free for first time in 38 years after his conviction for brutal murder of Diane Sindall was quashed

Former labourer Peter Sullivan, 68, has said he is 'not angry or bitter' after being wrongly convicted of the murder young florist Diane Sindall, 21, in Birkenhead, Merseyside in 1986.

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3 w. ago Peter Sullivan has murder conviction quashed after spending 38 years in jail

Peter Sullivan was found guilty of the 1986 murder of Diane Sindall, 21 in Bebington, Merseyside, but remained in prison despite being sentenced to life with a minimum term of 16 years

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3 w. ago 'Beast of Birkenhead' Peter Sullivan has conviction quashed over new DNA evidence after spending 38 years in jail for murder of florist Diane Sindall

Peter Sullivan has repeatedly tried to get the murder conviction overturned amid concerns about the evidence used against him by UK prosecutors.

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