Oliver Campbell conviction overturned.

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Now a free man, Oliver Campbell, who spent much of his early adulthood wrongfully imprisoned, wants to start "all over again".

'Gentle giant' plans to see world after 1990 murder conviction quashed

Oliver Campbell arrives at the Royal Courts of Justice, London, for his appeal hearing. Campbell, who is now in his 50s, was handed a life sentence over the fatal shooting of Baldev Hoondle during a robbery at a supermarket in Hackney, east London, on July 22 1990. He had denied murder and conspiracy to rob but was convicted by a jury at the Old Bailey the following year. Campbell's case has been referred to the Court of Appeal by the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC), which investigates potential miscarriages of justice, after new evidence about his "vulnerability" was obtained. Picture date: Wednesday February 28, 2024.

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Oliver Campbell, from Suffolk, was released from prison after serving 11 years behind bars.

Vulnerable man who made false confession is cleared of 1990 murder

Raami Mohamed, 22, was convicted after being found guilty of the murder of Badri Issa in October last year.

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Campaigners bidding to halt a planned road near Stonehenge have begun their latest legal challenge at the Court of Appeal. 

Campaigners at Court of Appeal over two-mile Stonehenge tunnel decision 

Martin and Nathan Winter were found guilty of manslaughter by gross negligence in 2009 after two firemen died and 20 other people were injured in the blast.

Father and son lose appeals against fireworks explosion manslaughter charges

Just Stop Oil activists take to the track at Silverstone during the British Grand Prix
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The group’s lawyers argued their convictions were "unsafe" at a court hearing.

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Sports Direct, run by former Newcastle owner Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group, had challenged the club's exclusive football kit deal with JD Sports in court.

Sports Direct lose Court of Appeal bid over Newcastle United kit deal

The Court of Appeal has refused to change the sentence of Valdo Calocane, who was given an indefinite hospital order for the manslaughter of three people.

Court of Appeal refuses to change Nottingham attacks killer's sentence

Oliver Campbell, 53, outside the Court of Appeal hearing in London.
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Oliver Campbell, from Suffolk, was released from prison in 2002 and is appealing his conviction.

Vulnerable man 'may have been manipulated into false murder confession'

The Attorney General has decided senior judges should review Valdo Calocane’s sentence after receiving several submissions that it could be unduly lenient.

What options are available to Court of Appeal in the Valdo Calocane case? 

Post Office clerk Jacqueline Falcon (left), whose fraud conviction has been overturned by the Court of Appeal in the light of the Horizon system debacle, pictured with her 17-year-old daughter Summer, near their home in Hadston, Northumberland. Ms Falcon, 42, was accused of reversing transactions on the faulty Horizon accounting software between December 2014 and February 2015 while working at Hadston Post Office in Northumberland. Picture date: Monday February 12, 2024.

When she was convicted of fraud, Jacqueline Falcon was pregnant with her fifth child. A reclusive life and "nine years of depression" followed - until now.

Ex-Post Office clerk recalls arrest in front of children and years of shame

The Court of Appeal heard of “the embarrassment and distress" suffered by Jacqueline Falcon, 42, and her family following her conviction for fraud in 2015.

Horizon scandal: Cleared Post Office clerk 'shunned by village community'

British Rail workers Basil Peterkin and Saliah Mehmet died with convictions for theft hanging over them.

Two men jailed on word of corrupt police officer posthumously cleared

The insurance company says the damage is not covered because it was ‘occasioned by war’.

University won't get insurance payout for WW2 bomb damage

Peter Griffiths took his case against tour operator Tui to the Supreme Court after losing in the county court and Court of Appeal.

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