The new interim Chief Executive starts work today at the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC). Tracey Calleia is a lawyer and has worked in the justice system for more than three decades. She came to the CCRC after being delivery director for the Midlands at HM Courts and Tribunals Service. Mrs Calleia said: “I am […]
16-year-old boy has referred his appeal to the Crown Court Corrupt police officer DS Ridgewell: 14th case referred to Court of Appeal Northern Ireland Court of Appeal quashes man’s 1972 explosives convictions Chair’s statement on Lucy Letby application review Progress at the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) – new Chief Executive named View Latest CCRC […]
A man has gone on trial accused of the rape that led to one of Britain’s biggest miscarriages of justice more than 20 years ago. Paul Quinn, 51, has denied strangling and twice raping a woman in July 2003 after dragging her down a motorway embankment in Little Hulton, Salford. Andrew Malkinson, 60, was convicted […]
The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) has referred five prisoners serving indefinite sentences to the Court of Appeal. Indeterminate Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences account for some 2,800 people despite being abolished in 2012. Open-ended sentences were issued to people deemed dangerous but whose offence did not merit a life sentence. A Ministry of […]
Frank Ferguson, Head of the Crown Prosecution Service’s Special Crime and Counter Terrorism Division, said: “We received a file of evidence from Cheshire Constabulary in July 2025 asking us to consider further allegations against Lucy Letby, 36, relating to deaths and non-fatal collapses of babies at the Countess of Chester Hospital and Liverpool Women’s Hospital. […]
A politician who used parliamentary privilege to criticise an expert witness in the Lucy Letby case has been arrested for harassment. Gavin St Pier, a deputy in the States of Guernsey parliament, named paediatrician Dr Sandie Bohin in a speech about safeguarding concerns on the island. Dr Bohin, who was an expert witness for the […]
For someone who’s lost nearly 40 years of his life because of a crime he didn’t commit, Peter Sullivan strikes a remarkably optimistic tone. When I met him last month, for what was his first interview since being released from prison in May, he was upbeat and looking forward to getting to Anfield to watch […]
The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) has referred a man’s “joint enterprise” conviction for murder and violent disorder to the Court of Appeal because of new legal argument and psychiatric evidence. Hugo Nwankwo was convicted on 20 December 2012 at the Central Criminal Court of murder and violent disorder. He was 16 at the time […]
Parents jailed over the deaths of babies are appealing against their convictions amid miscarriage of justice concerns involving a top British forensic expert, a Times newspaper investigation has revealed. Professor David Mangham, 62, who was the main bone pathologist dealing with suspicious death cases in the UK, is the subject of a General Medical Council […]
The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) is inviting new research proposals from academics who believe their research would benefit the CCRC and the wider justice system. Whilst they are unable to offer funding, successful researchers will have access to a unique set of data from 1997 to the present day. The CCRC can only accept […]
Dame Vera Baird KC, Chair of the Criminal Cases Review Commission, has directed a full professional inspection of the commission’s casework by His Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate Learn More >> Whoops! You need enhanced membership to access this page – login below or join now https://prisons.org.uk/register/enhanced
Reform UK members will table a motion at their party conference which is expected to call for transgender women to be excluded from men’s prisons the Prison Oracle understands. The motion is set to be held this Saturday during Reform’s party conference, taking place in Birmingham. It comes after Nigel Farage faced criticism for initially appearing to […]