- Benjamin Field's murder conviction for the death of university lecturer Peter Farquhar – a case made famous by the BBC TV series The Sixth Commandment – has been quashed by the Court of Appeal.
- Field was jailed for life in 2019 after being found guilty of murdering Mr Farquhar, whose death in 2015 was attributed to acute alcohol toxicity.
- He admitted to deceiving Mr Farquhar into a fake relationship to inherit his fortune but denied killing him.
- The Court of Appeal ruled that the jury at the original trial had not been properly directed, leading to a 'defective' verdict.
- A retrial has been ordered, and Field will remain in prison while the Crown Prosecution Service considers an appeal to the Supreme Court.
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Churchwarden jailed for life for murder of university lecturer has conviction overturned
