Criminal Cases Review Commission – Current Awareness

Lucy Letby calls for public inquiry into baby deaths to be halted – The Guardian

Posted March 18th, 2025 in appeals, children, Criminal Cases Review Commission, criminal justice, delay, evidence, hospitals, inquiries, murder, news, nurses by sally

‘Lucy Letby has called for the public inquiry into her crimes to be halted, arguing there is now “overwhelming and compelling” evidence undermining her baby murder convictions. Lawyers for the former nurse took the extraordinary step of writing to Lady Justice Thirlwall on Monday to say that the inquiry – which is due to end on Wednesday – should be suspended immediately.’

The Guardian, 17th March 2025

Source: www.theguardian.com

Law Commission proposes reforms on how possible miscarriages of justice are handled – The Guardian

Posted February 27th, 2025 in compensation, consultations, Criminal Cases Review Commission, criminal justice, Law Commission, Ministry of Justice, miscarriage of justice, news by sally

‘More potential wrongful convictions could be sent back to the appeal court under proposals to change the way the miscarriages of justice watchdog decides cases.’

The Guardian, 27th February 2025

Source: www.theguardian.com

After experts find ‘no medical evidence’ of murder, will Lucy Letby get a retrial? – The Guardian

Posted February 6th, 2025 in appeals, attempted murder, children, Criminal Cases Review Commission, evidence, hospitals, murder, news, nurses, reports, retrials by sally

‘Despite 14 leading experts concluding there was “no medical evidence” that Lucy Letby murdered babies, there is no guarantee that her case will be sent back to the court of appeal – let alone quickly.’

The Guardian, 5th February 2025

Source: www.theguardian.com

What is the new challenge to the evidence used to convict Lucy Letby? – The Guardian

Posted February 4th, 2025 in children, Criminal Cases Review Commission, evidence, expert witnesses, hospitals, murder, news, nurses by sally

‘Letby’s legal team is preparing to submit a case to the body that investigates potential miscarriages of justice.’

The Guardian, 4th February 2025

Source: www.theguardian.com

Lucy Letby latest: Experts to reveal ‘significant new medical evidence’ questioning child killer’s guilt – The Independent

Posted February 4th, 2025 in children, Criminal Cases Review Commission, evidence, expert witnesses, hospitals, murder, news, nurses by sally

‘An international panel of experts in the care of newborn babies will present what they say is “significant new medical evidence” in the case of convicted child serial killer Lucy Letby.’

The Independent, 4th February 2025

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Case of last wrongly convicted Stockwell Six member referred to court of appeal – The Guardian

Posted February 3rd, 2025 in appeals, attempts, corruption, Criminal Cases Review Commission, miscarriage of justice, news, police, robbery by sally

‘The last convicted member of the Stockwell Six, a group of young black men falsely accused of trying to rob a corrupt police officer more than half a century ago, has had his case referred back to the court of appeal.’

The Guardian, 31st January 2025

Source: www.theguardian.com

Andrew Malkinson says miscarriage of justice watchdog should be ‘dissolved’ – The Guardian

Posted January 16th, 2025 in Criminal Cases Review Commission, miscarriage of justice, news, rape by sally

‘Andrew Malkinson has said the miscarriage of justice watchdog needs to be “completely dissolved” as it has become “infected with a culture of denial”.’

The Guardian, 15th January 2025

Source: www.theguardian.com

Andrew Malkinson calls miscarriage of justice watchdog’s ex-head ‘shameless’ – The Guardian

Posted January 15th, 2025 in Criminal Cases Review Commission, criminal justice, miscarriage of justice, news by sally

‘Andrew Malkinson has called the former head of the miscarriage of justice watchdog “shameless” as she resigned from the job saying she had been “scapegoated for entirely legitimate decisions” taken over his case.’

The Guardian, 14th January 2025

Source: www.theguardian.com

Brothers cleared of murders of Cornwall couple – BBC News

Posted December 18th, 2024 in Criminal Cases Review Commission, murder, news, retrials by sally

‘Two brothers who were serving life sentences for the murders of a couple in Cornwall have been cleared nearly 20 years after they were jailed.’

BBC News, 17th December 2024

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Women not appealing conviction ‘because they fear rocking the boat’ – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted December 2nd, 2024 in appeals, Criminal Cases Review Commission, criminal justice, miscarriage of justice, news, women by sally

‘Women are less likely than men to appeal their convictions because they fear “rocking the boat” and doing anything that could increase their sentence, the Criminal Cases Review Commission has revealed.’

Law Society's Gazette, 2nd December 2024

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

Autistic man still locked up for murder under joint enterprise laws 10 years after friend stabbed stranger – The Independent

Posted November 25th, 2024 in appeals, autism, Criminal Cases Review Commission, criminal justice, disabled persons, families, imprisonment, joint enterprise, miscarriage of justice, murder, news, offensive weapons, sentencing, United Nations by sally

‘Despite Alex Henry running from the scene and being diagnosed with autism, he remains behind bars.’

The Independent, 23rd November 2024

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Surge in backlog of wrongful conviction appeals at under-fire watchdog – The Independent

Posted November 4th, 2024 in appeals, Criminal Cases Review Commission, criminal justice, delay, Ministry of Justice, miscarriage of justice, news, statistics by sally

‘The backlog of people left waiting to know whether they will be allowed to reappeal an alleged miscarriage of justice has soared by nearly half in just four years, The Independent can reveal.’

The Independent, 2nd November 2024

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Lucy Letby refused permission to appeal against attempted murder conviction – The Guardian

Posted October 25th, 2024 in appeals, attempted murder, children, Criminal Cases Review Commission, criminal justice, hospitals, imprisonment, media, news, nurses, sentencing by sally

‘Lucy Letby has been refused permission to appeal against a conviction for attempting to murder a baby girl, as judges ruled she was able to have a fair trial.’

The Guardian, 24th October 2024

Source: www.theguardian.com

Lucy Letby: police and CPS handling of case raises new concerns about convictions – The Guardian

Posted October 11th, 2024 in appeals, barristers, children, Criminal Cases Review Commission, Crown Prosecution Service, evidence, expert witnesses, hospitals, imprisonment, inquiries, murder, news, nurses, police, prosecutions, sentencing, statistics by sally

‘When the public inquiry into the crimes of the former nurse Lucy Letby opened in Liverpool last month its chair, Lady Justice Thirlwall, dismissed concerns about the safety of the convictions as “noise”. The judge cautioned that questions being raised were increasing the distress of parents whose children had died or been harmed.’

The Guardian, 10th October 2024

Source: www.theguardian.com

‘Catalogue of failures’: watchdog missed chances to help Andrew Malkinson, report finds – The Guardian

Posted July 18th, 2024 in Criminal Cases Review Commission, miscarriage of justice, news, rape, reports by michael

‘A report on the Criminal Cases Review Commission’s handling of the Andrew Malkinson case has laid bare “a catalogue of failures”, finding that he could have been exonerated almost a decade earlier.’

The Guardian, 18th July 2024

Source: www.theguardian.com

How has Lucy Letby tried to fight guilty verdicts and what could happen next? – The Guardian

Posted July 3rd, 2024 in appeals, children, Criminal Cases Review Commission, expert witnesses, hospitals, imprisonment, murder, news, nurses, sentencing by sally

‘Lucy Letby was convicted last year of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six others at the Countess of Chester hospital in north-west England, where she worked as a nurse. She is serving 14 whole-life sentences, meaning she will never be released from prison.’

The Guardian, 2nd July 2024

Source: www.theguardian.com

End majority jury verdicts to prevent more justice ‘horror’, says Malkinson – The Guardian

Posted May 10th, 2024 in appeals, Criminal Cases Review Commission, criminal justice, forensic science, imprisonment, juries, miscarriage of justice, news, rape, sentencing, sexual offences, trials by sally

‘Andrew Malkinson says he could have been spared “20 years of darkness and despair” if the jury system had not been changed to allow majority verdicts.’

The Guardian, 9th May 2024

Source: www.theguardian.com

Trawl for unsafe criminal convictions in UK being done by interns – The Guardian

Posted May 2nd, 2024 in casual workers, Criminal Cases Review Commission, forensic science, miscarriage of justice, news by sally

‘Interns have been given the job of weeding out potential wrongful convictions for rape and murder in a major case review prompted by Andrew Malkinson’s exoneration, the Guardian can reveal.’

The Guardian, 2nd May 2024

Source: www.theguardian.com

Edith Thompson: CCRC told to revisit hanged woman’s pardon case – BBC News

Posted April 29th, 2024 in Criminal Cases Review Commission, death penalty, judicial review, married persons, Ministry of Justice, miscarriage of justice, murder, news, pardons by sally

‘A panel has been told to re-examine the case of a woman hanged for the murder of her husband, two months after it rejected a bid for her to be pardoned.’

BBC News, 27th April 2024

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘Birmingham Four’ ask CCRC to investigate convictions for terror plot – The Guardian

Posted April 23rd, 2024 in conspiracy, Criminal Cases Review Commission, explosives, forensic science, intelligence services, news, police, terrorism by sally

‘Four men were jailed for life in 2017 for planning terrorist attack in UK after elaborate undercover police operation.’

The Guardian, 22nd April 2024

Source: www.theguardian.com

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