Press releases
Commission refers the case of Ms E to the Crown Court
The Criminal Cases Review Commission has referred the case of SE to the Crown Court. Ms E arrived at Gatwick Airport on a flight from Turkey in September 2009. She presented herself at Immigration Control without a passport saying she was an Iranian national who wished to claim asylum. She said she had been involved … Read more >
Commission refers the terrorism related case of Nicholas Roddis to the Court of Appeal
The Criminal Cases Review Commission has referred the case of Nicholas Roddis to the Court of Appeal. Mr Roddis pleaded not guilty at Leeds Crown Court in July 2008 to charges of placing a hoax bomb with intent and engaging in the preparation of an act of terrorism. Mr Roddis was arrested and charged in … Read more >
Commission refers the human trafficking related case of GB to the Court of Appeal.
The Criminal Cases Review Commission has referred to the Court of Appeal the false passport conviction of GB. Ms B was arrested after she presented a false UK passport to an immigration officer at Gatwick Airport as she tried to catch a flight to Canada. After receiving legal advice, Ms B admitted in interview to … Read more >
CCRC disclosure review update
The second phase of the Criminal Cases Review Commission’s internal review of disclosure is now well underway with more than twenty detailed reviews completed. The CCRC undertook in July 2018 to conduct a review of how disclosure had been handled by the police and the CPS in a specific sample of cases that the Commission … Read more >
Commission refers drink driving conviction of William Smith to the County Court of Northern Ireland
The Criminal Cases Review Commission has referred the drink driving conviction of William Smith to the County Court in Northern Ireland. Mr Smith was convicted in his absence at Belfast Magistrates Court in June 2011 in relation to a drink driving offence committed in July 2005. He was fined £400 and banned from driving for … Read more >
CCRC Chairman Helen Pitcher welcomes independent scrutiny of Commission from publication of Government’s Tailored Review and new academic research
It is a stroke of good fortune for me that within a few months of my starting as Chairman of the Criminal Cases Review Commission there should be two separate and independent accounts scrutinizing how the organisation does its job. One is the outcome of the Government’s Tailored Review of the CCRC which has looked … Read more >
Commission refers the terrorism related conviction of Ismail Abdurahman to the Court of Appeal
Ismail Abdurahman was convicted in February 2008 of assisting an offender and failing to disclose information about acts of terrorism. The charges related to the attack on the London underground on 21 July 2005 in which three devices were detonated but each failed to explode. Four men, Hussein Osman, Muktar Ibrahim, Yassin Omar and Ramzi … Read more >
Commission refers the joint enterprise murder conviction of Andre Johnson-Haynes to the Court of Appeal
The Criminal Cases Review Commission has referred the joint enterprise murder conviction of Andre Johnson-Haynes to the Court of Appeal. Mr Johnson-Haynes was one of seven defendants tried on the basis of joint enterprise for the murder of Shakilus Townsend in London in July 2008. All defendants pleaded not guilty at the Central Criminal Court … Read more >
Commission refers the travel documents conviction of Sleman Shwaish to the Crown Court
The Criminal Cases Review Commission has referred the conviction of Sleman Shwaish to the Crown Court. Mr Shwaish, who is a Syrian Kurd, arrived at Heathrow Airport on a flight from Turkey in December 2012. When he presented himself at Immigration Control he admitted that he did not have a passport and said he wished … Read more >
Commission refers the sexual offences conviction of Neil Secker to the Court of Appeal
The Criminal Cases Review Commission has referred the sexual offences conviction of Neil Secker to the Court of Appeal. Mr Secker appeared at Norfolk Crown Court in September 2016 charged with five counts of sexual assault against the same person. He pleaded not guilty to all. The jury acquitted him of the first two counts … Read more >