3 d. ago Ministers to prioritise compensation bid by man wrongly jailed for 38 years

Justice minister Lord Ponsonby said he would ‘encourage’ Peter Sullivan, 68, to seek a payout.

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7 d. ago ‘I lost my life’: Man wrongly jailed for five years demands fair compensation scheme 

The Ministry of Justice acknowledged his innocence but said Brian Buckle must ‘prove it beyond reasonable doubt’

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7 d. ago Social worker jailed after 'profoundly wrong' sexual encounter but he said it was 'wonderful'

Martin Rosenfield has been jailed for six months after he admitted his behaviour amounted to misconduct in a public office.

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8 d. 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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8 d. ago Peter Sullivan was wrongly jailed for 38 years – and it’s not a bizarre one

The case is a reminder that there are still people in prison who were jailed based on false confessions, Brian Thornton writes

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9 d. ago Detective who helped wrongly jail man for 38 years implicated in second scandal

Former police chief Tom Baxter spearheaded the inquiry that saw Peter Sullivan wrongly convicted of the brutal killing of 21-year-old florist Diane Sindall before going on to clear detectives in the Bridgewater Four scandal

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9 d. 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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9 d. ago Lawyers will support any compensation bid by man wrongly jailed for 38 years

Peter Sullivan was released from prison yesterday after protesting his innocence for decades.

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1 week ago Peter Sullivan’s statement after wrongly spending 38 years in jail

His conviction has been quashed.

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3 w. ago ‘I need to get out there’: wrongfully identified in drill music video and jailed, he now wants to study law

Ade Adedeji, 21, from Manchester, served three years for a crime he did not commit before his conviction was quashedOn his release from prison earlier this year, after serving three years for a crime he didn’t commit, 21-year-old Ade Adedeji had only one thing on his mind – a trip to Burger King.“The first thing I wanted to do was eat a Burger King. And hug my family, of course,” he said. “I thought I was getting out in 2027, so I had planned out the first three days. But then it happened so unexpectedly, and everything was just mad.” Continue reading...

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3 w. ago John Swinney urged to 'seize opportunity' and kickstart economy by ramping up housebuilding

The First Minister has been urged to prioritise investment in infrastructure in his programme for government next month.

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3 w. ago 'I was wrongly jailed for rapes carried out by evil killer – now I'm begging him to confess'

Romano van der Dussen spent 12 years in jail for rapes he did not commit in Spain before Sally Anne Bowman killer Mark Dixie's DNA was identified on one of the victims

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3 w. ago Voices: The Pope’s funeral is a chance for Keir Starmer to seal the deal with European leaders

The prime minister is prioritising Britain’s EU deal over the US one at the ‘informal summit’ of world leaders in Rome

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