Press releases

  • MOJ Public Appointments Team recruiting new CCRC Commissioners

    The Ministry of Justice Public Appointments Team is currently recruiting several new Commissioners of the CCRC. For further details and to apply, please visit: https://publicappointments.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/appointment/commissioners-of-the-criminal-cases-review-commission-ccrc/  Applications must be submitted to the Ministry of Justice Public Appointments Team via PublicAppointmentsTeam@justice.gov.uk. by noon on Monday 24th September 2018.

  • Full text of letter from CCRC Chair to The Times – 26 July 2018

    Sir, I welcome your report (Times, 26 July 2018) of the recently announced Criminal Cases Review Commission (‘CCRC’) internal review of disclosure in 306 closed criminal cases. The alarming issue of disclosure failings in the Criminal Justice System has not always received the attention which it deserves. During my ten years as Chair of the … Read more >

  • CCRC issues update in relation to disclosure

    The CCRC has today issued an update regarding its current position and programme of work in relation to disclosure. The full text of the update can be viewed on the CCRC’s website here.   This press release was issued by the Criminal Cases Review Commission. For further enquires call 0121 233 1473 or e-mail press@ccrc.gov.uk Notes … Read more >

  • Commission refers the joint enterprise murder conviction of Kyrone Daley to the Court of Appeal

    The Criminal Cases Review Commission has referred the joint enterprise murder conviction of Kyrone Daley to the Court of Appeal. On 16 April 2013, at the Central Criminal Court, Mr Daley and his co-defendant were convicted of the murder of Mr Umar Tufail. Mr Daley was sentenced to custody for life, with a minimum term … Read more >

  • Commission publishes its Annual Report and Accounts for 2017/18

    The latest Annual Report and Accounts of the Criminal Cases Review Commission has been published today. The Annual Report and Accounts for 2017/18 sets out facts and figures in relation to the performance and finances of the independent public body established 1997 to investigate alleged miscarriages of justice. The Commission’s Annual Report and Accounts was … Read more >

  • Commission refers the joint enterprise murder conviction of Jordan Towers to the Court of Appeal

    The Criminal Cases Review Commission has referred the joint enterprise murder conviction of Jordan Towers to the Court of Appeal. Mr Towers was 16 years old when he was tried in October 2007 at Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Crown Court for murder and for wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm. He and two co-defendants were tried … Read more >

  • CCRC Answers to Panorama Questions

    Here are all of the questions that Panorama put to us and the answers we supplied. We publish them here because, having seen the Panorama programme on 30th May, we did not feel that they had been represented clearly or given sufficient weight.   The CCRC has been accused by certain stakeholders of being “moribund … Read more >

  • Commission refers the convictions of seven people convicted of travel document offences

    The Criminal Cases Review Commission has referred for appeal the travel document offences of seven individuals. All seven arrived in the UK without passports and were charged with failing to produce an immigration document contrary section 2(1) of the Asylum and Immigration (treatment of claimants) Act 2004). They had arrived from various countries including Iran, … Read more >

  • Commission refers the conspiracy to murder convictions of Wassab Khan, Faisal Saraj, Abdul Jabbar, Abdul Maroof and Omran Rashid

    The Criminal Cases Review Commission has referred to the Court of Appeal the conspiracy to murder convictions of Wassab Khan, Faisal Saraj, Abdul Jabbar, Abdul Maroof and Omran Rashid. The five men were convicted together at Stafford Crown Court in November 2011 for their parts in the shooting of Mohammed Afsar. On 21st December Wassab … Read more >

  • Commission refers the joint enterprise murder conviction of Laura Mitchell to the Court of Appeal

    The Criminal Cases Review Commission has referred the joint enterprise murder conviction of Laura Mitchell to the Court of Appeal. Laura Mitchell was tried for murder and violent disorder on the basis of joint enterprise at Bradford Crown Court in September 2007. She pleaded not guilty but was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment with … Read more >