Bailey, Jerome

Jerome Bailey was convicted of the murder of his cousin Tefsa Campbell at Croydon Crown Court on 20 January 2020 and was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 18 years. He was 40 years old at the time. 

Mr Campbell, who was also 40, died as a result of a stab wound received during an altercation between him and Mr Bailey on 3 July 2019 near the junction of Burns Road and Latchmere Road in London. 

The jury at trial reached a unanimous verdict on the count of murder. 

In February 2020 Mr Bailey sought leave to appeal with fresh evidence about a knife that had been shown to the jury at trial. He argued that the jury had been misled and that this damaged his credibility. Mr. Bailey’s application for leave was rejected by the Court of Appeal in November 2021.  

In 2022, Mr Bailey was re-tried on one count of having a bladed article in public. The jury had failed to reach a verdict on that count at the original trial. 

Mr Bailey applied to the CCRC in April 2024, raising the witness testimony from the re-trial. He argued that there was a significant difference between the account of the events given by a witness during the first trial, and the testimony they gave at the re-trial. He also argued that the refusal by the Court of Appeal in 2021 was wrong.  

After reviewing the case, the CCRC determined there were discrepancies between the evidence of one of the key witnesses at the original trial and the re-trial. The CCRC was satisfied that, considering the significance of the evidence in the prosecution case, if the jury had heard the evidence from the re-trial, there was a real possibility that they may reasonably have reached a different conclusion.  

The CCRC referred the conviction in September 2026.