Harrison, Sean

Sean Harrison was convicted in December 2004 of conspiracy to supply a class A controlled drug and received a sentence of 14 years’ imprisonment.

The CCRC received an application for review of the conviction in January 2007.

In a letter to the CCRC in January 2007, the Court of Appeal advised that the Crown had decided not to resist appeals against conviction in respect of Mr Harrison and several of his co-defendants.

This letter highlighted that the Crown had conceded that the disclosure process at trial had been flawed and incomplete.

There had been unused material which ought to have been reviewed by counsel but was not as it was deliberately withheld.

The CCRC concluded that there was a real possibility the Court of Appeal would overturn Mr Harrison’s conviction on the basis.

The CCRC referred the conviction in January 2007 after the Crown confirmed it would not resist an appeal.

The Court of Appeal quashed the conviction in January 2007 and ordered a retrial.