UK Criminal Law
- Guest Feature Writers
- Our guest campaigners describe various cases of injustice.
- Derek Christian
- A motiveless murder, a little circumstantial evidence and some bad luck can deprive
anyone of their liberty - despite evidence in their favour. This case demonstrates just
how easy it is to secure a murder conviction! Whatever became of in
dubio pro reo?
- Michael Stone
- 13th March, 1999: Eight years ago a savage hammer attack killed Lin Russell and her six-year-old daughter Megan. Megan's sister Josie, aged nine, was left for dead.
Michael Stone - violent and mentally deranged - was convicted for their murders - twice, but
could he still be the victim of a Miscarriage of Justice? Yet another Appeal is underway. Pre-Appeal News Item
- Danny McNamee
- 17th December 1998: Gilbert "Danny" McNamee an Irishman jailed for an IRA bomb plot in 1987 and labelled by the prosecution as the "master bomb-maker" responsible for the 1982 Hyde Park explosion, won an appeal against the conviction.
- The DeSilva Case
- On 15th October, 1989, British Customs & Excise arrested an able seaman at Felixstowe on heroin smuggling charges after a positive field test. The official forensic analysis found no heroin, just 2 kg. of coffee, laxative and other herbal ingredients. Oops! But two Home Office forensic scientists managed to transform this 'useless and valueless' mixture into 'heroin' and secure De Silva's conviction!
- The Glasgow 2 Another Scandal In British Justice
- "On Tuesday, 10th February 1998 at the Court of Criminal Appeal in Edinburgh, Thomas Campbell and Joseph Steele were refused permission to submit evidence intended to finally clear them of crimes they have consistently denied throughout their years of wrongful imprisonment."
- Dave Ford - Police Scandal
- A British war veteran blown up by a landmine in the middle-east returns from duty to be framed for armed robbery by a team of corrupt police officers.
Since 1985 the Metropolitan Police have been holding four paintings and a number of other items belonging to Dave Ford, worth quite literally millions.
He wants them back!
Scandals in Justice at other sites...
- Justice for Billy Kenealy
- Billy Kenealy was convicted in 1998 of 5 counts of rape and 1 count of indecent assault and sentenced to 5 life imprisonments and 5 years for indecent assault. However, 'Justice for Billy Kenealy' campaign supporters strongly believe that a sad and serious case of miscarriage of justice has taken place. Billy's conviction was secured with little more than the now obsolete 6-marker DNA test.
- Justice for Siôn Jenkins
- On 15 February 1997, 13-year-old Billie-Jo Jenkins was battered to death. She suffered an untold number of blows to the head which shattered her skull. Billie-Jo was not sexually assaulted; nor was the house broken into or burgled. The doctor called to the scene said that in 26 years as a police surgeon it was the most brutal murder he had ever attended. On 2 July 1998 Siôn Jenkins was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of billie-Jo, his foster daughter. There are serious concerns about the verdict. There are many unanswered questions about the conduct of the case. Siôn Jenkins has always maintained his innocence.
- The Nemo Case
- A £5 million conspiracy by the British Establishment to secure
a false conviction against the victim of a mental patient bogusly
practising as a psychiatrist continues. Usually, the blame for
corruption is laid on the police in such cases, but here, even Justice
William Macpherson (of the Stephen Lawrence enquiry) cannot explain
himself and 'lost' his trial notes. What's new?
- James Hulbert's "censored" web site
- Lord Irvine, Britain's Lord Chancellor, intervened to have Mr Hulbert's web site removed from a British-based web server.
The web pages are now mirrored offshore where anyone can examine the evidence alleging forgery of 'official' criminal trial transcripts and rampant
corruption within the British judicial system - see Taxi Ride to Censorship also Cyber-Rights & Cyber-Liberties {UK}
- Bridgewater Three walk free (from The Electronic Telegraph)
- On 21 February, 1997, three men jailed for the murder of the Staffordshire newspaper boy Carl Bridgewater 17 years ago were released on bail amid jubilant scenes yesterday after three Appeal Court judges were told that two policemen had probably fabricated a vital statement. Several members of the jury had come forward to express concerns that the original verdict was a Miscarriage of Justice!
Recent background to the appeal:
- The M25 Three Campaign
- 9th April 1999 Three serving life for M25 murder win case review
On the nights of 15/16 December 1988 three masked men conducted a series of violent attacks just off the M25 motorway which left one man dead, another wounded. Victims stated two of the attackers were white. In March 1990 after a six week trial Raphael Rowe, Michael Davis and Randolph Johnson were convicted of murder and sentenced to life. All Three Are Black! (These pages expose the corruption within the British Criminal Justice system)
- Roísín McAliskey
- Link to Roisin McAliskey's Homepage
- Bus Ride to Hell - The Sandra Gregory Story by Simon Regan
- Sandra, severely ill and underweight with dengue fever, agreed to carry 89 grams (3 ozs)
of heroin for a travelling companion on a flight from Bangkok to Tokyo. She acted as a 'mule' for an
acquaintance who could provide the price of an air ticket to return home to Britain for treatment.
Both were arrested and tried. Sandra was sentenced to 25 years imprisonment. He was found not guilty.
Sandra was released from her Thailand-imposed sentence at HMP Durham (UK) in July 2000 after being pardoned by the King of Thailand.
I was so stupid, says heroin smuggler pardoned by king.
- Free the Toxteth Two
- Raymond Gilbert and John Kamera were charged with robbery and the murder of John Suffield,
a betting shop manager in Toxteth, Liverpool. There are serious doubts about the saftety of convictions
and evidence that both men are innocent of these crimes. The police are said to have used various dirty tricks
to secure their convictions at Liverpool Crown Court on 16th December 1981.
(See also Trial and Error's transcript of John Kamara's case featured below.)
- The Cambridge Two - Justice for Ruth Wyner and John Brock
- "The sentencing to prison of two charity workers has shocked and scandalised Cambridge," Nick Cohen of The Observer continued;
"On 17 December at King's Lynn Crown Court, a representative section of the Cambridge intelligentsia was pushed as close as its good
manners and quiet temperament permitted to riot. Judge Jonathan Haworth, a new beak who has been delivering stern sentences from
the moment his bottom hit the bench, put Ruth Wyner and John Brock on the casualty list of the unwinnable war on drugs."
Other websites featuring Miscarriages of Justice
- United Against Injustice
- The National Federation of Miscarriage of Justice Campaign and Support Organisations is an association of independent member organisations formed on 24 November 2001. Each of the member groups meets regularly and actively supports two or more cases. It is committed to helping miscarriage of justice campaigners set up such local organisations.
- Socially Important Films Ltd offers two DVDs of a recent United Against Injustice meeting. The first is for the main meeting and the second relates to an associated workshop.
- Innocent
- A Manchester-based organisation that supports and campaigns for innocent
people in prison. Founded in 1993, Innocent is an independent organisation
made up of families, friends and supporters of wrongly convicted prisoners
who have come together in order to help each other.
- Conviction
- A Sheffield-based organisation that deals with numerous miscarriages of
justice, working closely with Innocent.
- Portia (new website)
- Founded by a former BBC journalist, Ken Norman, Portia aims
to help victims of miscarriages of justice. The site features many
well written and researched articles on current cases.
On 8th February 2000, Portia's web site was suspended over a legal dispute
concerning the article Eddie Gilfoyle is Innocent.
Further censorship details at Black Link. Gilfoyle's case is also featured below.
- Tough Justice
- The site features British miscarriages of justice and links through to the
Tom Sargant Memorial Lecture site, which is a veritable treasure trove
of research material on the subject.
- Miscarriages of Justice UK
- Several cases are featured on this new website.
- Prisoner Support
- A site with many interesting cases, articles and links regarding miscarriages of justice.
Trial and Error
- A British TV programme produced by Channel 4 that highlighted Miscarriages of Justice until it was taken off the air in late 1999. On 29th May 2001 at the request of Channel 4's solicitor DJ Freeman the Trial and Error archive on this site was removed, including transcripts and updates on the following cases:
Johnny Kamara
Thomas Campbell and Joseph Steele (See SIJ's feature on The Glasgow 2)
Brian Parsons
Bob Field
Danny McNamee (See SIJ's feature on Danny McNamee)
Eddie Gilfoyle (See the Free Eddie Gilfoyle Campaign)
Jamil Chowdhary
Mary Druhan
Mark Cleary
Peter Fell
Sheila Bowler
Raymond Gilmour
Jason Warr
George McPhee
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