23 m. ago Family of Peter Sullivan revealed they are 'ecstatic' his name has been cleared and are planning get together to celebrate his release

Peter Sullivan's conviction for the murder of florist Diane Sindall, 21, was dramatically quashed yesterday after the Court of Appeal heard DNA evidence showed the killer was someone else.

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83 m. ago BBC reporter took ‘utmost care’ with Gerry Adams allegation, court told

Mr Adams is suing the BBC over what he has called a ‘grievous smear’ that alleged he sanctioned the killing of a former Sinn Fein official.

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2 h. ago 'Terrified' British student, 18, says she is pregnant as she appears in court on drugs charges after vanishing in Thailand then reappearing in Georgia accused of smuggling 30lb of cannabis

'Terrified' Bella May Culley, 18, faces being caged in an overcrowded ex-Soviet jail after being arrested on drug smuggling charges. She told a court that she was pregnant and refused to answer questions

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12 h. ago Rapper Tory Lanez's alleged prison attacker is man with previous conviction for assault on inmate

Authorities say a man who attacked rapper Tory Lanez in a California prison is an inmate serving a life sentence for second-degree murder who was previously convicted for an in-prison assault with a deadly weapon

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14 h. 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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19 h. 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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19 h. ago Kim Kardashian's courtroom curse strikes again as artist sketches unflattering portrait of star during Paris jewellery heist trial

The influencer, 44, broke down in tears as she told the court she forgives the defendant, despite fearing she was going to be raped and killed during the $10 million heist.

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19 h. ago 'Terrified' vulnerable pensioner, 76, was taunted by teenagers who branded him a 'paedo' before they shot fireworks into his house and killed him, court told

Robert Price, 76, had early signs of dementia and had been targeted so much by local youths that all his ground floor windows had been boarded up, the Old Bailey heard.

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20 h. ago Who is Peter Sullivan and why was he in prison for 38 years?

Peter Sullivan’s conviction for the murder of Diane Sindall is believed to be the longest-running miscarriage of justice in British history

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20 h. ago Peter Sullivan has murder conviction quashed after 38 years in jail

Hearing told that DNA evidence found at the scene of Diane Sindall’s murder was not that of the 68-year-oldA 68-year-old man who has spent 38 years in jail has had his murder conviction quashed at the court of appeal in what is thought to be the longest-running miscarriage of justice in British history.Peter Sullivan was wrongly convicted in 1987 for the frenzied murder of a florist and part-time pub worker, Diane Sindall, 21, who was killed as she left work in Bebington, Merseyside. Continue reading...

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21 h. ago 'Terrified' vulnerable pensioner, 76, was taunted by teenagers who branded him a 'paedo' before shooting fireworks into his house and killing him, court told

Robert Price, 76, had early signs of dementia and had been targeted so much by local youths that all his ground floor windows had been boarded up, the Old Bailey heard.

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22 h. ago Court urged to jail Jakob Ingebrigtsen’s father for ‘regime of repeated abuse’

Prosecutor cites ‘culture of fear in the home’Gjert Ingebrigtsen denies all chargesThe father of the Norwegian track and field superstar Jakob Ingebrigtsen should go to prison for two and a half years for “a regime of repeated abuse” that spanned a decade, prosecutors have told a court in Norway.Summing up the state’s case, the prosecutor Angjerd Kvernenes said that Jakob and his sister, Ingrid, had suffered physical and mental abuse at the hands of their father and former coach, Gjert, which began when Jakob was seven years old. Continue reading...

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22 h. ago ‘Terrified’ widower killed when teens torched house with firework, court told

76-year-old Robert Price had been the target of a prolonged campaign of harassment and criminal damage.

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23 h. ago Peter Sullivan's statement in full as he refuses to expose the 'many horrors of jail'

Peter Sullivan said he is 'not angry or bitter' after the Court of Appeal quashed his murder conviction, making him the longest-serving victim of a miscarriage of justice in the UK

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23 h. ago Sobbing Kim Kardashian FORGIVES defendant after telling court she thought she was about to be raped and killed during Paris jewellery heist

'I was certain that was the moment that he was going to rape me,' she told a Paris court on Tuesday. 'I absolutely did think I was going to die.'

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23 h. ago Peter Sullivan ‘not angry’ as murder conviction quashed after 38 years in prison

Mr Sullivan was jailed in 1987 for the murder of 21-year-old Diane Sindall the previous year.

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23 h. ago BBC source on Adams claim would ‘likely be killed’ if identified, court told

Mr Donaldson was shot dead in 2006, months after admitting his role as a police and MI5 agent for 20 years.

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24 h. ago Sobbing Kim Kardashian tells court she thought she was about to be raped and killed during terrifying Paris jewellery heist

'I was certain that was the moment that he was going to rape me,' she told a Paris court on Tuesday. 'I absolutely did think I was going to die.'

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24 h. ago Murder accused ‘held and and kissed’ his wife moments after she died, court told

Richard Satchwell, 58, of Grattan Street in Youghal, is accused of murdering his wife between March 19 and 20 2017.

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24 h. ago Peter Sullivan has murder conviction quashed in UK's longest miscarriage of justice

Peter Sullivan has now had his murder conviction quashed in the longest miscarriage of justice in British history.

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