Press releases
CCRC to refer 39 Post Office cases on abuse of process argument
The Criminal Cases Review Commission has so far decided to refer for appeal the convictions of 39 Post Office applicants. The Commission will be referring all those cases, which involve convictions for theft, fraud and false accounting, on the basis of the argument that each prosecution amounted to an abuse of process. (The details of … Read more >
Commission refers the convictions of eight members of the Shrewsbury 24
The Criminal Cases Review Commission has referred for appeal the convictions of eight members of the Shrewsbury 24. They are John McKinsie Jones, John Malcolm Clee, William Michael Pierce, Terence Renshaw, Patrick Kevin Butcher, and Bernard Williams, and also Kenneth Desmond Francis O’Shea and Dennis Michael Warren both of whom are deceased. All eight men … Read more >
Commission refers the conviction of E to the Crown Court
The Criminal Cases Review Commission has referred the conviction of E to the Crown Court. Mr E was convicted in May 2006 after he pleaded guilty at Harlow Magistrates’ Court to using a false instrument with intent (contrary to section 3 and 6 Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981). He was sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment. … Read more >
Commission refers the case of D for appeal
The Criminal Cases Review Commission has referred the case of D for appeal. The Commission has decided to refer D’s prison sentence because it has identified new information which it considers raises a real possibility that the sentence will be reduced on appeal. The sentence has been referred on the basis of sensitive information. Issues … Read more >
Commission refers the life sentence in the attempted murder of case of C, a minor
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. C was a minor when he pleaded guilty in 2013 to the attempted murder of another minor. He was sentenced to detention for life with a minimum tariff of seven … Read more >
Commission refers the public order conviction of James Robson
The CCRC has referred for appeal the 2017 public order conviction of James Robson. Mr Robson was convicted at Bexley Magistrates’ Court on 13th September 2017 of using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour in order to cause harassment, alarm or distress. He pleaded not guilty but was convicted and sentenced to a six month … Read more >
Commission refers the conviction of human trafficking victim T to the appeal court
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. T was arrested in July 2014 after police raided a property adapted for growing cannabis and containing more than 100 cannabis plants and two carrier bags of … Read more >
The CCRC refers for appeal the conviction of the fourth and final member of the Oval Four
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. Mr Boucher was one of the so-called Oval Four co-defendants. The four men, Winston Trew, Sterling Christie, George Griffiths and Omar Boucher , were convicted together at the Old Bailey … Read more >
Commission refers the 2012 murder conviction of C. Hunnisett to the Court of Appeal
The Criminal Cases Review Commission has referred for appeal the 2012 murder conviction of C. Hunnisett. C. Hunnisett was tried at Lewes Crown Court in 2012 for the murder of Peter Bick. They pleaded not guilty and the Judge directed the jury on issues of loss of control, self-defence and diminished responsibility. C. Hunnisett was … Read more >
Commission refers the human trafficking case of Ms A to the Crown Court
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. On 19 August … Read more >