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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Amy-Clare Martin

More miscarriages of justice like Peter Sullivan ‘inevitable’, top lawyer warns

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 Birkenhead in 1986 - (Merseyside Police/Reuters)

It is "absolutely inevitable" there will be other miscarriages of justice like that of Peter Sullivan, a barrister who led a damning review of the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) has warned.

Chris Henley KC found the watchdog missed multiple opportunities to free wrongly jailed Andrew Malkinson, who served 17 years for rape before he was cleared by DNA evidence, in an independent review last year.

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