Peter Sullivan weeps as UK court overturns murder conviction after 38 years

Peter Sullivan, who was convicted in 1987 for the murder of Diane Sindall, had his case overturned after spending 38 years in jail [Julia Quenzler/Reuters]

A man who spent nearly four decades in a British prison for the killing of a barmaid said he was not angry or bitter as his murder conviction was overturned and he was released after being exonerated by DNA evidence.

Peter Sullivan, 68, was freed after the court in London determined on Tuesday that new evidence found on the victim’s body showed that he “was not the defendant” of the murder.