Press releases
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 >