The Court of Appeal has today praised the work of the Criminal Cases Review Commission as the convictions of five ...

Shaun Lloyd was convicted at Cardiff Crown Court in December 2005 of robbery and received a DYPP with a minimum term of 33 months. He was 18 at the time of sentencing. At the time of referral, he ...

Jason Ritchie was convicted at Teeside Crown Court in June and September 2008 of conspiracy to commit arson and putting a person in fear of violence by harassment. He received an IPP with a minimum ...

Most of our work relates to reviewing criminal cases which have already been considered and turned down by the appeal courts to determine whether any of those cases should be sent back to the court ...

Jerome Barrett was convicted at York Crown Court in August 2005 of robbery. He received a DPP with a minimum tariff of 2 years, less time spent on remand. He was 15 at the time of sentencing. At the ...

Scott Prince was convicted at Derby Crown Court in March 2008 of wounding with intent to commit grievous bodily harm. He received an IPP with a minimum tariff of three 3 and 6 months, less 216 days on ...

Carl Lamb was convicted at Cardiff Crown Court in November 2006 of wounding with intent, damaging property, failure to answer bail, and breach of conditional discharge. He received an IPP with a ...

Liam Osborne was convicted at Wolverhampton Crown Court in October 2006 of arson being reckless as to whether life was endangered. He received an IPP with a tariff of 2 years and 3 months, less 72 ...

Abdiwali Hassan was convicted at Isleworth Crown Court in January 2011 of rape and possession of an offensive weapon. He received an IPP with a minimum tariff of 3 years, less time spent on remand. He ...

Victoria Hathaway was convicted at Ipswich Crown Court in May 2009 of rape of a male child under 13, causing or inciting a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity, sexual activity with a child, ...

The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) has referred to the Court of Appeal the indeterminate sentences of nine people convicted between 2005 and 2011, all but one of whom remain in custody ...

Before the introduction of the Police and Crime Evidence Act 1984 (PACE), police interviews were rarely tape-recorded, and the rights of potentially vulnerable suspects to appropriate support were ...