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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Tom Pilgrim

Murderer claiming wrongful conviction brings legal challenge over jail interview

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A prisoner who claims he was wrongly convicted of killing his father has brought a High Court challenge against the Government over a refusal to let him speak to a journalist about his case.

Mark Alexander, then aged 22, received a life sentence with a minimum term of 16 years after a jury found him guilty of murdering 70-year-old Samuel Alexander in September 2010.

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