Appearing in today’s Mirror is a story concerning our long-standing client, Barry George. The underlying story is of an exoneree who has received no apology and no compensation, and who feels that despite being cleared he continues to live his sentence. This is entirely typical of the experience of exonerees, and highlights the failure of care and support provided to those who have been wrongly convicted and imprisoned.
Not innocent enough…
You can read the original story HERE
At our first annual Paddy Hill Memorial Lecuture, we were delighted to share that we have been working closely with local award winning documentary film-maker Hannah Currie and executive producer Sandra Leeming. We have for the past two years putting together developement filiming for a campaign film about the plight of our clients. In order […]
On Wednesday1 April 2026 Edinburgh Filmhouse are screening two award-winning short films After Eight: The Story of Satpal Ram and Murewa Satpal Ram was 19 years old when he was attacked in a restaurant in Lozells, Birmingham in November 1986. He was eating a meal with two friends in a Bengali restaurant when a group directed […]
Now that the dust is beginning to settle on the passing of the long-in-the-making Victims, Witnesses and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill, it is time to take stock of what this “landmark” exercise in law-making actually delivers. The purpose of this legislation, we’re told, is to place the interests of victims at the heart of the […]