The Latest Breaking News from Diane Sindall

Melanie Jones obituary

Other lives: Social worker and addiction counsellor who helped to set up a rape crisis centre in Merseyside

The Guardian - UK · May 7

Murder victim’s family appeal for information after wrongful conviction

Diane Sindall was killed in Birkenhead, Merseyside, in August 1986.

Evening Standard · Mar 9

‘Murdered because she was a woman’: The horrific cold case killing that left a community prisoners in their own homes

Almost 40 years after Diane Sindall was murdered in the ‘Beast of Birkenhead’ case, her killer has still not been brought to justice, writes Dan Haygarth

The Independent UK · Feb 1

Ministers to prioritise compensation bid by man wrongly jailed for 38 years

Justice minister Lord Ponsonby said he would ‘encourage’ Peter Sullivan, 68, to seek a payout.

Evening Standard · May 20, 2025

‘I lost my life’: Man wrongly jailed for five years demands fair compensation scheme

The Ministry of Justice acknowledged his innocence but said Brian Buckle must ‘prove it beyond reasonable doubt’

The Independent UK · May 16, 2025

Locals said they knew who actually killed Diane Sindall, says charity worker

Peter Sullivan, 68, had his conviction for the 1986 murder of the florist quashed earlier this week.

Evening Standard · May 15, 2025

Peter Sullivan was wrongly jailed for 38 years – and it’s not a bizarre one-off

ANALYSIS: The case is a reminder that there are still people in prison who were jailed based on false confessions, Brian Thornton writes

The Independent UK · May 15, 2025

Peter Sullivan Cleared After 38 Years in Prison—So Who Really Killed Diane Sindall That Night?

Peter Sullivan was cleared in May 2025 after serving 38 years for a murder he didn't commit. New DNA evidence proved his innocence, prompting fresh calls to find the real killer and review past convictions.

International Business Times UK · May 14, 2025

Peter Sullivan murder conviction quashed after 38 years in jail – it would be a mistake to see his case as a bizarre one-off

Peter Sullivan has had his conviction for the murder of Diane Sindall quashed. He is not the Beast of Birkenhead. He is an innocent man who got ensnared in a malfunctioning system that then took 38 years to admit its mistake.

The Conversation · May 14, 2025

Exonerated Peter Sullivan faces two-year wait for compensation after spending 38 years in jail

The pensioner could receive a maximum of £1m, which equates to just £26,315 for each year he was wrongly jailed, in a compensation scheme that is ‘not fit for purpose’, a lawyer has warned

The Independent UK · May 14, 2025