Rogue scientists may have tampered with forensic evidence in more than 10,000 cases – raising fears that innocent people could languish in jail for up to another five years after being falsely convicted for serious crimes, including rape and murder.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4980962/Forensics-scandal-hits-10-000-cases.html#ixzz4ving36aM
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 […]