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Press releases

  • 15th July 2011

    CCRC publishes its Annual Report and Accounts for 2010-11

    The Criminal Cases Review Commission has today published its Annual Report and Accounts for 2010/11. The Annual Report sets out the Commission’s assessment of its performance in 2010/11 and publishes the accounts of the organisation which was set up to investigate alleged miscarriages of justice. The report says: “The Commission entered the current period of … Read more >


  • 25th March 2011

    Commission has referred the conviction of V to the Court of Appeal

    The Criminal Cases Review Commission has referred the case of Mr V to the Court of Appeal. Mr V pleaded not guilty to a charge of rape but was convicted in 2006 and sentenced to life imprisonment. Mr V applied for leave to appeal against his conviction, but this was refused in 2007. Later that … Read more >


  • 24th March 2011

    Commission refers the rape conviction of U to the Court of Appeal

    The Criminal Cases Review Commission has referred the rape conviction of Mr U to the Court of Appeal. Mr U pleaded not guilty to charges of rape but was convicted and sentenced to three years’ detention in young offenders institution. His application for leave to appeal against his conviction was refused.  Having reviewed the case … Read more >


  • 24th March 2011

    Commission refers the conviction of Miss T to the Crown Court

    The Criminal Cases Review Commission has referred the conviction of Miss T to the Crown Court. Miss T pleaded guilty in 2007 at a Youth Court of possessing a false identity document with intent. She was sentenced to a four months’ detention and training order. Miss T, aged 17, was trafficked into the UK and … Read more >


  • 21st March 2011

    Commission refers the sentence of Terence Calder to the Court of Appeal

    The Criminal Cases Review Commission has referred the sentence of Terence Calder to the Court of Appeal. Mr Calder pleaded guilty in February 2009 to charges of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm. He was sentenced at Manchester Crown Court to eight years and eight months imprisonment comprising a custodial term of five … Read more >


  • 9th March 2011

    Commission refers Colin Homer’s £278,000 tobacco smuggling confiscation order to the Court of Appeal

    The Criminal Cases Review Commission has referred the case of Colin Homer to the Court of Appeal. Mr Homer pleaded guilty to two counts each of fraudulent evasion of duty and keeping dutiable good with intent to defraud. Mr Homer admitted that he had played a role in organising the distribution of the tobacco products … Read more >


  • 7th March 2011

    Commission refers the case of S to the Court of Appeal

    The Criminal Cases Review Commission has referred the case of S to the Court of Appeal. Mr S pleaded not guilty to charges of indecent assault on a female under 14, but was convicted in 1987 and sentenced to four years’ imprisonment. Mr S had applied for leave to appeal against sentence in 1987, but … Read more >


  • 17th February 2011

    Commission refers the conspiracy to rob conviction of Gary Hutchings to the Court of Appeal

    The Criminal Cases Review Commission has referred the conspiracy to rob conviction of Gary Hutchings to the Court of Appeal. Mr Hutchings pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy to rob but was convicted at Southwark Crown Court in December 1992 and sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment. The charges arose from a series of cash-in-transit … Read more >


  • 11th February 2011

    CCRC Statement on the provisonal decision in the case of Jeremy Bamber

    The Criminal Cases Review Commission has today informed Jeremy Bamber that it has reached a provisional decision not to refer his murder convictions to the Court of Appeal. Mr Bamber and his legal team have been sent a Provisional Statement of Reasons. This is an 89-page document setting out in detail the Commission’s analysis of … Read more >


  • 8th February 2011

    Commission refers the threats to kill conviction of Gordon Malloch

    The Criminal Cases Review Commission has referred to the Court of Appeal Gordon Malloch’s 1990 conviction for making threats to kill. Mr Malloch was prosecuted at Calne Magistrates’ Court in 1990 for making threats to kill. He pleaded not guilty but was convicted and fined £200, bound over in the sum of £500 for two … Read more >


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Criminal Cases Review Commission

The Criminal Cases Review Commission is the independent public body set up to investigate possible miscarriages of justice. The Commission assesses whether convictions or sentences should be referred to a court of appeal.

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