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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent

Church warden jailed for life for murder of lecturer has conviction quashed

Peter Farquhar with his arm around Benjamin Field
Peter Farquhar (left) and Benjamin Field. Photograph: Thames Valley police/PA

A church warden who was jailed for life for the murder of a university lecturer has had his conviction quashed at the court of appeal and a retrial has been ordered.

Benjamin Field was jailed for at least 36 years in 2019 after being found guilty of murdering 69-year-old Peter Farquhar in Maids Moreton, Buckinghamshire.

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