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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Nick Lester

Ministers to prioritise compensation bid by man wrongly jailed for 38 years

Peter Sullivan spent 38 years in prison for the murder of Diane Sindall in 1986, and has had his conviction quashed at the Court of Appeal. Florist and part-time barmaid Diane Sindall, 21, was brutally killed after she left work in Bebington, Merseyside, in August 1986 (Merseyside Police/PA) - (PA Media)

The Government has pledged to prioritise any bid for compensation by a man who spent 38 years in prison after wrongly being convicted of murder.

Speaking in Parliament, justice minister Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede said he would “encourage” Peter Sullivan, 68, to seek a payout.

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