Evidence in a rape trial was dismissed after a judge branded a police officer an “evasive and not credible” witness.
Judge Lady Scott revealed that she had barred the jury from hearing Jake Hawkins, 22, police interview after calling the questioning of him “wholly improper”.
From The Justice Gap, 19 May, we reproduce the following article concerning our friend and fellow-traveller, Eddie Gilfoyle. Regular visitors to this website will be familiar with the egregious miscarriage of justice suffered by Eddie, still un-corrected. The Justice Gap article adds new and depressing detail to Eddie’s story. There were renewed calls last week […]
Our recently retired Chief Executive – but ongoing trustee – Cathy Molloy, and our recently appointed trustee Patrick Maguire, were delighted to speak on Friday (16th May) at an Irish Culture and Heritage Conference, held at the St Francis Community Centre in the Gorbals by the Govanhill Baths Community Trust. Cathy spoke about the work […]
From Scottish Legal News, today, we reproduce the following article. This sorry tale of systemic failure is, ironically, probably less shocking than it should be, because it’s just another sorry tale of systemic failure in the institutions that are supposed to protect against miscarriage of justice in the UK. Over recent times we’ve heard of […]