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Murder conviction from 1987 to be re-examined by appeal judges

A man who has served more than 35 years in prison for the murder of a woman who was beaten to death when she ran out of petrol has had his conviction referred to the Court of Appeal. Diane Sindall was killed in August 1986 after she left work in ...

13 Nov 2024 at 11:41

New DNA evidence casts ‘sufficient’ doubt on 1987 murder conviction, court told

New DNA evidence is “sufficient fundamentally to cast doubt on the safety of the conviction” of a man who has spent 38 years in prison for murder, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has told the Court of Appeal. Peter Sullivan was found guilty ...

13 May 2025 at 13:10

Man in prison for 38 years for murder has conviction quashed at Court of Appeal

A man who has spent 38 years in prison for the murder of a woman in 1986 has had his conviction quashed at the Court of Appeal. Peter Sullivan, who was 30 when he was sentenced and is now 68, is believed to be the UK’s longest-serving victim ...

13 May 2025 at 13:33

Family of murdered Wirral florist want ‘justice’ after conviction quashed

New investigation under way to find killer of Wirral florist

The family of murdered Diane Sindall want “justice”, the detective in charge of a new investigation into her death has said. Peter Sullivan, 68, was convicted of the murder of Diane Sindall, 21, in 1987, but on Tuesday three senior judges ...

13 May 2025 at 15:59

Peter Sullivan’s statement after wrongly spending 38 years in jail

Peter Sullivan’s statement, read outside court on his behalf by his lawyer Sarah Myatt after he was freed having wrongly served 38 years in prison, in full: Ms Myatt read a statement on behalf on Mr Sullivan in which he said: “I lost my ...

13 May 2025 at 20:19

Peter Sullivan ‘not angry’ as murder conviction quashed after 38 years in prison

Peter Sullivan has said he is “not angry” and “not bitter” after the Court of Appeal quashed his murder conviction, making him the longest-serving victim of a miscarriage of justice in the UK. The now-68-year-old, who was jailed in ...

13 May 2025 at 19:53

How was Peter Sullivan wrongly convicted?

The prosecution case against Peter Sullivan hinged on a combination of now-discredited bite mark and circumstantial evidence. Then aged 29, he had been drinking at a pub 10 minutes away from where Diane Sindall was viciously ...

13 May 2025 at 15:55

Locals said they knew who actually killed Diane Sindall, says charity worker

The real killer of a Wirral florist murdered in 1986 was known by “everyone” in the community, workers at a charity set up after her death were told. Peter Sullivan, 68, was convicted of the murder of Diane Sindall, 21, in ...

15 May 2025 at 18:22

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