Witnesses ‘bullied’ into lying in miscarriage of justice want convictions overturned

The fallout from the infamous ‘Cardiff 3’ miscarriage of justice in Wales continues. After the collapse of the trial against eight police officers when vital evidence went ‘missing’ before being found later, the witnesses in the original trial who have since been convited of perjury, now want their convictions overturned as they too were ‘victims’. see BBC story here:

Lynette White trial: witnesses want convictions quashed

One response to “Witnesses ‘bullied’ into lying in miscarriage of justice want convictions overturned

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