Tag Archives: wrongful convictions

Trawling for unsafe criminal convictions in UK is being done by trainees

Interns in a major case review sparked by the exoneration of Andrew Malkinson have been tasked with weeding out possible wrongful convictions for rape and murder, the Guardian has revealed. The justice body’s miscarriage The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) last month said it would re-examine cases where it had refused to refer to the… Read More »

Convictions of two railway workers accused by a corrupt police officer are posthumously overturned

The convictions of Basil Peterkin and Salish Mehmet were overturned after their deaths (PA) Two men have had their names cleared posthumously after being “trumped up” on the word of one of Britain’s most corrupt police officers. British Rail workers Basil Peterkin and Saliah Mehmet died on wrongful convictions after racist British Transport Police officer… Read More »