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Commission refers the convictions of eight members of the Shrewsbury 24

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The Criminal Cases Review Commission has referred for appeal the convictions of eight members of the Shrewsbury 24.

Commission refers the conviction of E to the Crown Court

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The Criminal Cases Review Commission has referred the conviction of E to the Crown Court.

Commission refers the case of D for appeal

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The Criminal Cases Review Commission has referred the case of D for appeal.

Commission refers the life sentence in the attempted murder of case of C, a minor

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The Criminal Cases Review Commission has referred for appeal the life sentence for attempted murder imposed on Mr C when he was 16 years old.

Commission refers the public order conviction of James Robson

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The CCRC has referred for appeal the 2017 public order conviction of James Robson.

Commission refers the conviction of human trafficking victim T to the appeal court

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The Criminal Cases Review Commission has referred for appeal the cannabis production conviction of a Vietnamese woman who was trafficked into the UK and twice trafficked within it.

The CCRC refers for appeal the conviction of the fourth and final member of the Oval Four

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The CCRC has referred the 1972 theft and police assault conviction of Omar Boucher to the Court of Appeal on the basis of police misconduct.

Commission refers the 2012 murder conviction of C. Hunnisett to the Court of Appeal

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The Criminal Cases Review Commission has referred for appeal the 2012 murder conviction of C. Hunnisett.

Commission refers the human trafficking case of Ms A to the Crown Court

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The Criminal Cases Review Commission has referred the conviction of Ms A to the Crown Court in light of a change in law and fresh evidence that she is a victim of human trafficking both into and within the UK, and that it was not in the public interest to prosecute her.

CCRC Statement on the Court of Appeal’s decision to quash the convictions of Winston Trew, Sterling Christie and George Griffiths

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The Court of Appeal has today quashed the convictions of Winston Trew, Sterling Christie and George Griffiths following a referral for appeal by the Criminal Cases Review Commission on the basis of police misconduct.