In a groundbreaking decision, the Court of Appeal has overturned the conviction of Peter Sullivan, a man who spent 38 years in prison for the murder of Diane Sindall. This comes after new DNA evidence emerged, pointing to an unknown attacker in semen samples from the crime scene. Sullivan was initially jailed in 1987 for the killing of the 21-year-old barmaid, who was brutally assaulted while walking home from work in Birkenhead, Merseyside.
The Criminal Cases Review Commission, responsible for investigating potential miscarriages of justice, had brought Sullivan’s case back to the appeal court following the discovery of the DNA profile. This revelation has shed new light on the case, indicating that Sullivan may have been wrongfully imprisoned for decades. At the age of 68, he is now believed to be the victim of one of the longest miscarriages of justice involving a living prisoner in British legal history.
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