AN independent barrister from the Crown Prosecution Service is to review a decision to refuse access to police case files of the killing of a Derbyshire woman 41 years ago. Stephen Downing was wrongly convicted of the murder of Wendy Sewell in 1973 and was released after being wrongly imprisoned for 27 years. A national newspaper has today reported that a researcher who asked the CPS if he could see the files was told he would have to wait for 95 years. The internal inquiry follows complaints...
Reported by Derby Telegraph 6 hours ago.
AN independent barrister from the Crown Prosecution Service is to review a decision to refuse access to police case files of the killing of a Derbyshire woman 41 years ago. Stephen Downing was wrongly convicted of the murder of Wendy Sewell in 1973 and was released after being wrongly imprisoned for 27 years. A national newspaper has today reported that a researcher who asked the CPS if he could see the files was told he would have to wait for 95 years. The internal inquiry follows complaints...
Reported by Derby Telegraph 6 hours ago.