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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Amy-Clare Martin

Exonerated Peter Sullivan faces two-year wait for compensation after spending 38 years in jail

Peter Sullivan broke down as he was exonerated after serving 38 years for the murder of Diane Sindall, who was killed as she walked home in Merseyside in 1986 - (Merseyside Police/Reuters)

The victim of the UK’s longest-running miscarriage of justice faces an agonising potential two-and-a-half-year wait for compensation after spending 38 years in prison for a murder he did not commit.

Peter Sullivan, 68, walked free on Tuesday when his conviction was overturned on new DNA evidence after spending most of his life behind bars for the 1986 murder of 21-year-old Diane Sindall in Bebington, Merseyside.

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