Oliver Campbell successfully appeals murder conviction after 34-year fight for justice

Last week, after a more than three decade fight for justice, Oliver Campbell successfully appealed a wrongful conviction for murder. Wrongfully imprisoned in 1991 for murdering a shopkeeper in East London, Campbell spent 11 years in prison. The conviction followed ‘dangerous’ police interview tactics – interviewed 14 times he admitted to the shooting during the […]

Case to watch: Oliver Campbell

The final stage of Oliver Campbell’s appeal against his wrongful murder conviction will be heard next week. He lost his first appeal, had a second application for appeal turned down by the Criminal Cases Review Commission, but subsequently persuaded the CCRC he did have grounds for appeal. This appeal commenced in March, in which experts […]