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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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
Commission statement on the Court of Appeal decision to uphold the conviction of Simon Hall
The Criminal Cases Review Commission referred the murder conviction of Simon Hall to the Court of Appeal in October 2009. The CCRC said: The Commission identified specific aspects of forensic evidence that, in our view, raised the real possibility that the court might quash Mr Hall’s conviction and we referred the case to the Court … Read more >
Commission refers the conspiracy to murder conviction of Paul Arden to the Court of Appeal
The Criminal Cases Review Commission has referred the conviction of Paul Arden to the Court of Appeal. In 2003 Mr Arden was tried along with six others on a charge of conspiracy to murder Paul Reilly, who was shot dead in the Cheadle Hulme area of Manchester on 18th January 2001. Mr Arden pleaded not … Read more >