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Topic: Historic case

Two referrals follow tenacious investigation into potential racially motivated miscarriage of justice

TWO men who died with convictions that might be unsafe have had their cases referred back to the courts thanks to a persistent pro-active investigation by the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC).

Anti-apartheid protesters’ historic convictions referred back to the courts due to undeclared presence of an undercover police officer in group that blocked England rugby team’s bus

Anti-apartheid protesters’ historic convictions referred back to the courts due to undeclared presence of an undercover police officer in group that blocked England rugby team’s bus

CCRC refers 1970s murder conviction to Northern Ireland Court of Appeal