ALBAWABA - A British man named Peter Sullivan, who served 38 years in prison for murdering a woman in 1986, had his conviction quashed at a recent court appeal, in what is described as the longest-running miscarriage of justice in the UK's history.
The victim, Diane Sindall was murdered in 1986 after being brutally raped and beaten in Bebington, Merseyside. A month later, Sullivan was accused of murder and placed in prison.
According to The Guardian, 30-year-old Peter Sullivan, now 68, tried to challenge his conviction on multiple occasions. Although he was unsuccessful after several challenges in 2008 and 2019, a 2021 review by the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) revealed that DNA samples obtained from the scene did not match his.
Peter Sullivan: British man who served 38 years in prison has conviction quashed
Merseyside Police will reopen the investigation after nearly 40 years and are working hand in hand with the national DNA database to find the real culprit.
According to the BBC, Judge Lord Justice Holroyde said during the trial, "There is no evidence to suggest more than one man was involved in the murder, and no evidence to suggest semen may have deposited in the process of consensual sexual activity."
