Police find key Lin & Megan Russell evidence lost for 14 years that could CLEAR killer Michael Stone
Updated: 8:25, 10 May 2021
POLICE lost a key clue in the Lin and Megan Russell murder case for 14 years, The Sun can reveal.
The bootlace was found at the scene in Chillenden, Kent, in 1996.
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Michael Stone has served 24 years in jail for the murders of Lin and Megan RussellCredit: PA:Press Association
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Police lost a metre-long bootlace, a key clue in the case, for 14 years
It has now been re-discovered and DNA tests could prove beyond doubt whether or not convicted Michael Stone, 60, was guilty of the killings.
Michael Stone, 61, was convicted of murders of Lin and Megan Russell in 1997
He has always denied the killings and attempted murder of young Josie Russell
Stone s lawyers have argued for new tests on bootlace found at murder scene
But police have for the last 14 years maintained that the lace has been missing
Now, according to the Sun, the lace has been found and is being investigated
Reappointment of the Chairman of the Criminal Cases Review Commission
Her Majesty the Queen, on the recommendation of the Prime Minister, has approved the reappointment of the Chairman of the Criminal Cases Review Commission.
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7 May 2021
Helen Pitcher OBE has been reappointed as Chairman of the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) for a term of 5 years from 1 November 2021.
CCRC is an independent body, set up by the Criminal Appeal Act 1995, to investigate possible miscarriages of justice in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
CCRC decides if there is any new evidence or new argument which raises a real possibility that an appeal court would quash a conviction or reduce a sentence.
Post Office contacts over 500 subpostmasters potentially wrongly prosecuted for financial crimes
The Post Office has contacted hundreds of people it might have wrongly prosecuted for financial crimes
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The Post Office is contacting 540 people it might have wrongly prosecuted for financial crimes.
A further 100 people have been identified and the Post Office is seeking additional information.
They could have been wrongly convicted of crimes such as false accounting and theft after being blamed for unexplained losses that were caused by computer errors.
This is part of a scandal that is two decades old, having begun when the Horizon computer system was introduced to Post Office branches in 1999-2000.
Omar Benguit has now spent more than 16 years behind bars for her murder. Benguit faced three trials before he was finally convicted by a jury at Winchester Crown Court in January 2005. He has always maintained his innocence. Two attempts to challenge his conviction were dismissed by Court of Appeal judges, in 2005 and 2014, respectively. Now, as a new BBC Three television show,
Unsolved: An Alibi for Omar?, airs, it has been confirmed that efforts to launch a third appeal have been started.
STABBED IN THE STREET Jong-Ok Shin, 26, known to her friends as Oki, was stabbed three times while walking home in Charminster from a night out on July 12.