London, May 13, 2025 (AFP) - UK court quashes murder conviction after man spends 38 years in jail

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2025-05-13

A British man who spent 38 years in jail for the 1986 murder of a barmaid had his conviction quashed Tuesday by a UK court after new DNA evidence came to light. Peter Sullivan, 68, is thought to be the country's longest-serving victim of a miscarriage of justice after three judges overturned his conviction. He was arrested a month after Diane Sidwell, 21, was killed in August 1986 and found dead in Bebington, near the city of Liverpool in northwe......

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