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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Callum Parke

Law should change to allow review of cases of jailed officers, lawyer says

Errol Campbell Jr (left) and solicitor Matt Foot speaking outside the Royal Courts of Justice after Mr Campbell Jr’s father, Errol Campbell, was posthumously cleared at the Court of Appeal (Callum Parke/PA) -

The law should be changed so that cases overseen by police officers who are later jailed for crimes are automatically reviewed for potential miscarriages of justice, a solicitor has said.

Matt Foot said the change would be a “very simple reform” to prevent cases such as that of Errol Campbell, whose name was posthumously cleared at the Court of Appeal on Thursday, almost 50 years after he was convicted.

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