A British prison prison in 1986, he acquitted 38 years after new DNA tests
propagandacourt UK He canceled the condemnation of a man who was passed Almost 38 years in prison After the appearance of new DNA tests. Peter Sullivan was convicted of the killing of Diane Sindal in 1987 and sentenced to life imprisonment.
It is believed to be the longest vivid victim of a judicial error in the history of the United Kingdom. Sullivan maintained his innocence during all of that timeHis lawyer, Sarah Mawat, said. Sindall, 21 -year -old Sindall seller who was working in a bar while saving money for his wedding, was found dead on August 2, 1986 after leaving his workplace in Badington, Mercyside, the last night. She was sexually assaulted and killed when she returned home after the work turned.
“There is no angry or bitter”
In a statement read by his lawyer, Sullivan said he was not angry or angry. Equightened to return with my loved ones and my familySince I should benefit more than I left in this world. “
He said that his experience of the judicial error “does not take away or reduce that all of this happened after a terrible and terrible loss of life.” “I am Consumer for the cruelty of time For a person inventory from his youth and his movement, sight and hearing. I had to endure it in silence and see how they grabbed it, in the worst imaginative environment. “
to request privacy While I started “fixing my wood in the wood that is my life.” Sullivan gave condolences to Sindall loved ones. “I would like to express my regret to the Diane Sindal family, who must now accept that the death of his daughter is due to another person. I yearn for the right thing to do for this terrible crime to find peace.”
New DNA analysis techniques
Sullivan was acquitted on Monday thanks to the tests presented thanks to modern technologies DNA tests. In 2008, the Criminal Cases Review Committee attendedCCRCBecause of its abbreviation in the English language (interrogation of DNA tests, but the committee did not send its case to the Court of Appeal because forensic experts have advised that it is unlikely that the new tests will produce the DNA profile.
Although the techniques used to cancel their condemnation were not available in 2008, CCRC realized this Other available methods can be tested. However, it confirms that it is impossible to know if they will give the same result. CCRC is responsible for reviewing alleged judicial errors in England, Wales and Northern Ireland independently. Receive it 1500 requests for review per yearAnd about 3 % of requests are sent to the courts of appeal.
After that, Sullivan tried to appeal directly in 2019, without forgiveness from CCRC, but this was rejected by the Court of Appeal in 2021. Then he returned to submit a request to CCRC in March 2021, and at that time the organization got DNA information One of the samples taken at the time of the crime.
Since then, the Mercyside Police has re -Fatah investigation When Sindal was killed, but despite the examination of more than 260 men in the national DNA database, none of them was simultaneous. Police contacted Anyone may have “any information or doubt about the killing of Diane (Sindal) in 1986” to be presented.
A spokesman for the Criminal Cases Review Committee (CCRC) said: “The Court of Appeal also heard today, the new DNA tests that led to the cancellation of Mr. Sullivan’s conviction could not be available when we examined his case for the first time, then the decision was taken not to return this case to the courts in 2008.” “but, Sorry He was unable to identify Mr. Sullivan’s condemnation as a possible judicial error in our first review, “he added. In the statement, it is claimed that the organization” is committed to Application of extracted teachings Among the previous reviews and continuing to develop our knowledge of forensic opportunities. “
