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Embleton, Jonathan

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Jonathan Embleton and two co-defendants pleaded not guilty but were convicted at Teeside Crown Court in November 2000 of the joint enterprise murder of Mohammed Sharif. Mr Embleton was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 15 years.

Mr Embleton appealed against his conviction but the appeal was dismissed in April 2003. He applied to the CCRC for a review of his case in November 2010.

Having conducted a detailed review, the CCRC decided to refer the case to the Court of Appeal because it considered that new evidence raised a real possibility that the Court would quash the conviction.

The referral was based on the non-disclosure of significant sensitive information which raised doubt over the credibility of evidence that had been presented at trial.

The CCRC referred the conviction in July 2015.

The Court of Appeal quashed the conviction in December 2016.