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”.
PA Media is today reporting that the family of Maxine Hambleton, who died in the Birmingham pub bombings, has issued writs for civil damages in connection with the attacks. Margaret Smith, Maxine’s mother, is suing Michael Patrick Reilly, who is alleged to be one of the perpetrators. She has also commenced civil proceedings against the […]
To complement the work of artist Anne Flynn and her popular, ongoing, miscarriage-of-justice focused exhibition in Glasgow’s Merchant City, on 3rd June we illuminated three public buildings in Glasgow with some less well-known truths about the Scottish Criminal Justice system and its egregious failings. The buildings we chose were the Tollbooth Steeple, the site of […]
Running until Friday 10 June, an exhibition of original art commissioned by MOJO is being held in Glasgow Merchant City. The artist, Anne Flynn, is a recent law graduate who volunteers with MOJO and is closely engaged with our work. Her art powerfully portrays the lived experience, and the personal trauma, of miscarriage of justice […]