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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Duncan Campbell and Richard Norton-Taylor

Miscarriage of justice watchdog reviews murder conviction of ex-MI6 informant

Allan Chappelow
Allan Chappelow, who was murdered at his home in Hampstead, north London, in 2006. Photograph: Metropolitan Police/PA

The case of Wang Yam, a former MI6 informant convicted of the murder in 2006 of Allan Chappelow, a reclusive author and photographer, is being re-examined by the Criminal Cases Review Commission.

The move comes after developments in forensic DNA analysis, which led to the successful appeal of Andrew Malkinson, whose 2004 conviction for rape was overturned in July.

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