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Why is Ray Gilbert innocent?
Ray Gilbert with his eye detector test results We know Ray Gilbert made numerous confessions. This is not an unusual occurrence in...
Retired Detective Superintendent Michael Ainsley has died - CCRC must not let justice die with him
Jeremy Bamber "...all of the information revealed in this article is contained within the files listed above. How did the CCRC miss the...
The case of Clive Freeman: Why the Criminal Cases Review Commission is in urgent need of reform
Clive Freeman playing polo Introduction It seems something of a cruel irony that one of Britain’s longest serving alleged victims of...
The CCRC's scaremongering threats: The manipulation of judicial review in the case of Robin Garbutt
In a previous article ‘Why the CCRC must be urgently reformed: A case study of Robin Garbutt’s alleged wrongful conviction’, Sophie...
Towards a CCRC fit for the 21st Century
The present-day structure of the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) is largely unchanged from that proposed and implemented 25 years...
Is Clive Freeman’s claim of innocence plausible?
Dr Richard Shepherd "Why must I always be right when it is the human condition to be wrong sometimes? Answer, because the adversarial...
Is Helen Pitcher, the dilettante Chairman of the CCRC, ‘spinning’ its abolition?
Helen Pitcher The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) is the last hope for alleged innocent victims of wrongful convictions who fail...
Ray Gilbert complains to the CCRC regarding possible breaches of data protection laws
Ray Gilbert This posting reports a complaint that Ray Gilbert made to the CCRC on the 30th September 2022. It concerns possible breaches...
Is there CCRC deception involved in referring the case of Andrew Malkinson?
Andrew Malkinson The Criminal Cases Review Commission (“CCRC”) has announced that the case of Andrew Malkinson is being referred to the...
CCRC Chairman Helen Pitcher blusters and embellishes over the case of Andy Malkinson
Andrew Malkinson First, the good news is that Andy Malkinson’s case has finally been referred to the Court of Appeal. Mr. Malkinson was...
A Media Witch-Hunt and the Imprisonment of an Innocent Teenager? The Ongoing Case of Luke Mitchell
Luke Mitchell This article relates to the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (SCCRC), the 2nd such post-appeal body to be...
What if the CCRC had unlimited funding?
A submission to the Law Commission's review of the appeals system Introduction A UK Government and Parliament Petition emerged recently...
Why was Ray Gilbert's Statement of Innocence rejected by the CCRC without any investigation?
Ray Gilbert Ray Gilbert is currently one of the most high profile alleged victims of wrongful conviction and imprisonment. He has been...
Jeremy Bamber case: The additional injuries to the adult victims not disclosed at trial
Is the CCRC just a plaything for dilettante Chairman Helen Pitcher[1]? Under her control the ‘Miscarriage of Justice Watchdog’ seemingly...
DNA and the Robin Garbutt case: Is the CCRC possibly assisting a murderer to escape justice?
Diana Garbutt In 2019, the CCRC was given DNA evidence suggesting that the person who murdered Diana Garbutt could have been a police...
Theorising miscarriages of justice
Naughton, M. (2022) ‘Theorising miscarriages of justice.’ Islamic Perspective. Published by the Institute for Critical Social Theory....
Clive Freeman's claim of innocence: Shape, size and cause of the bruise in a “protected” location
On the 2 May 1989, at the Central Criminal Court, Clive Freeman was convicted of the murder of Alexander Calder Hardie. Mr Freeman was...
Jeremy Bamber case: Why has the CCRC failed to consider the Dickinson review for 27 years?
A hand-written note made by Dickinson destroys the entire police case against Jeremy Bamber because it shows that PC Myall received a...
The CCRC – A Kafkaesque Department of Smoke & Mirrors
CCRC Statement of Reasons (SoR) rejecting John Bartlett's application When I applied to the CCRC in 2019 to review my 1995 convictions...



















