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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Mark Brown North of England correspondent

Man wrongly jailed for 38 years says Merseyside police forced confession

Peter Sullivan.
Sullivan, now 68, had his conviction quashed in May after new DNA tests were conducted. Photograph: Merseyside Police

A man wrongly jailed for 38 years has spoken of being beaten by police and bullied into making a false murder confession.

Peter Sullivan, 68, the subject of one of the longest miscarriages of justice in British history, said he had lost everything and wanted an apology from Merseyside police.

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