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Open email from Jane Metcalfe to Shabana Mahmood: Robin Garbutt and the removal of the real possibility test before the appointment of the new Chair of the CCRC
The Rt Hon Shabana Mahmood MP. Shabana Mahmood was appointed Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice on 5 July 2024. Dear Ms....
Michael Ward: The case the system doesn't want you to know about according to ChatGPT
Michael Ward FAW received the following from Michael Ward about his case, which has seen him struggling to overturn alleged false...
Jeremy Bamber – a prime example of a miscarriage of justice
Jeremy Bamber Introduction In this article, I will outline three key reasons to cast doubt on Jeremy Bamber’s supposed guilt. Firstly, I...
Why is Lucy Letby so different from Clive Freeman?
Lucy Letby It is reported in The Times newspaper that the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) has taken what may be an unprecedented...
CCRC: Helen Pitcher resigns, Karen Kneller remains – is that appropriate?
Karen Kneller, Chief Executive of the CCRC Helen Pitcher has resigned as Chairman of the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC),...
Why Helen Pitcher's resignation as Chair of the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) is a red herring to distract attention away from the 'real possibility test'
L to R: Andy Malkinson; Helen Pitcher Introduction It is understandable that when we are wronged or we or a loved one experiences a grave...
Jeremy Bamber - Is there anyone at the CCRC with a sense of morality?
Philip Walker, Director, Jeremy Bamber Innocence Campaign (JBIC), speaking to Jeremy Bamber supporters protesting outside the offices of...
Mother of Thomas Dunkley expresses her concerns with the CCRC's handling of her son's application for his conviction for the murder of Shaun Cummins be be referred to the Court of Appeal
Thomas Dunkley On the 9th of May 2013 at Leicester Crown Court, Thomas Dunkley was convicted of murdering Shaun Cummins. He had...
Is proof of Jeremy Bamber’s innocence just too much for the CCRC to bear?
Jeremy Bamber The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) was asked via an open letter to Chairman Helen Pitcher on 6th August this year...
Lucy Letby – Are the courts not interested in the truth?
Lucy Letby It is now known that after the prosecution and defence had submitted their closing statements but before the jury reached a...
An Open Letter to Helen Pitcher, Chair, CCRC, urging the immediate referral of Jeremy Bamber's conviction to the Court of Appeal
Helen Pitcher, Chair, CCRC Helen Pitcher OBE CCRC 23 Stephenson Street Birmingham B2 4BH Bill Robertson 6 August 2024 Dear Ms Pitcher,...
Jeremy Bamber case - Did Essex Police forge a statement from their own Police Officer?
Jeremy Bamber Twenty two years ago, during Operation Stokenchurch, the Metropolitan Police[1] (MP) discovered items of evidence that...
How the adversarial trial system failed Lucy Letby
Lucy Letby In England and Wales, we grow up witnessing the so-called ‘cut and thrust’ of adversarial trials when a prosecution sets out a...
Has the Andrew Malkinson case handed Lucy Letby a lifeline?
Lucy Letby When Andrew Malkinson was cleared of rape last year after the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) had wasted at least ten...
Chris Henley's KC review of the Criminal Cases Review Commission's handling of the Andrew Malkinson case: A partisan trojan horse defence of the real possibility test
Chris Henley KC's review of the Criminal Cases Review Commission's (CCRC) handling of the Andrew Malkinson case has been well received...
Would the CCRC refer Lucy Letby's convictions to the Court of Appeal?
Lucy Letby Lucy Letby was tried and convicted by the tabloid press long before her trial took place and if you are convinced that she...
Open Letter to the Chair of the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) from Brendan McConville
Brendan McConville FAO: Ms H Pitcher, Chair Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) 23 Stephenson Street Birmingham B2 4BH 13 June 2024...
Jeremy Bamber – Why will the CCRC not investigate the evidence protected by so called Public Interest Immunity (PII)?
Jeremy Bamber As far as we know, the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) has never in its 27 years of existence requested to see...
Richard Keedwell explains to the CCRC why he is an innocent victim of a wrongful conviction
On 30/11/16, I visited Worcester with my wife for Christmas shopping. A few days later I received an NIP (Notice of Intended Prosecution)...
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