In THIS VIDEO Michael O’Brian, of the Cardiff 3 (Newsagent) gives an insightful account of his own miscarriage of justice experience. Much has been written about this disturbing case, although it’s debatable whether anything has actually been learned from it. Here is Michael’s own take, in a video of just over 24 minutes duration, “An Anatomy of an Injustice”.
Regular visitors to this site will be aware of our interest in the case of the Freshwater Five, convicted in 2011 of attempting to smuggle cocaine into the UK. The Five were jailed for a collective total of 104 years. The allegations against them were, at best, improbable in the extreme. The Court of Appeal […]
The following press release was issued by the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) yesterday (12 February 2021): The Criminal Cases Review Commission has referred the murder and attempted murder convictions of Colin Norris to the Court of Appeal. On 3 March 2008 Colin Norris was convicted, by majority, of murdering four women and attempting to […]
The Scottish Human Rights Commission has written to Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf, raising serious concerns about the management of Covid-19 in Scotland’s prisons. The Commission is seeking assurance that steps will be taken to address the rising prison population, which is fast approaching pre-lockdown levels. This is particularly worrying, because the rise in prisoner numbers […]