Miscarriages of Justice 4
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- Created on: 23-05-18 15:44
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- Miscarriages of Justice 4- The Birmingham 6
- Who?
- Richard Mcllkenny
- John Walker
- Gerry Hunter
- Hugh Callghan
- Billy Power
- Patrick Hill
- What??
- 21/11/74 Walker, Mcllkenny, Hunter, Power and Hill arrested
- Subjected to Greiss test for explosives
- Nitro-glycerine allegedly found of Power and Hill's hands
- Dr Skuse tells police- 99% sure both had recently handled commercial explosives
- Beaten by police, pressure exerted, kept awake for long spells
- Power confesses and implicates others as well as Callaghan
- Callaghan is arrested and confesses
- Hill and Hunter make no incriminating statements
- Confessions allowed at trial despite manner in which they are aquired
- All sentenced to life
- Confessions allowed at trial despite manner in which they are aquired
- Hill and Hunter make no incriminating statements
- Callaghan is arrested and confesses
- Power confesses and implicates others as well as Callaghan
- Beaten by police, pressure exerted, kept awake for long spells
- Dr Skuse tells police- 99% sure both had recently handled commercial explosives
- Nitro-glycerine allegedly found of Power and Hill's hands
- Subjected to Greiss test for explosives
- 21/11/74 Walker, Mcllkenny, Hunter, Power and Hill arrested
- Then What?
- 1985 World in Action presents evidence to challenge Dr Skuse's forensic findings
- 1987- CoA hears appeal- 1. Forensic evidence no longer valid 2. Unreliable and involuntary confessions
- Appeal dismissed
- 1987- CoA hears appeal- 1. Forensic evidence no longer valid 2. Unreliable and involuntary confessions
- 1990: new enquiry established- police had fabricated evidence and beat confessions out of 4 of them
- 1991- convictions quashed
- 1985 World in Action presents evidence to challenge Dr Skuse's forensic findings
- West Midlands Serious Crime Squad
- Founded in 1974
- 1985 complaints prompted investigation by Metropolitan Police
- Hay Report- criticised squad's interviewing techniques, failure to properly use pocket books and the amount of time that officers were allowed to remain with the unit
- At least 30 convictions quashed by the CoA because the squad fabricated evidence, tortured suspects and wrote false confessions
- Who?
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