Ryan Passey A WATCHDOG S call for a review of the system of jury trials has given new hope to a Stourbridge family who have been fighting for a law change in memory of their son. The Justice for Ryan campaign has been calling for legislative changes to allow families of the victims of serious crime the chance to appeal in cases of so-called perverse verdicts where jurors have, contrary to evidence in presented in court, acquitted the defendant. They would also like to see juries give reasons for their verdict in addition to simply declaring a defendant guilty or not guilty.
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image captionTracy Felstead was 19 when she was accused of stealing £11,503.28 while working at a Post Office in London
One of dozens of former Post Office workers fighting convictions linked to a faulty computer system says she can feel a light at the end of the tunnel following a series of legal rulings.
Tracy Felstead was 19 when she was jailed for six months in 2002 on charges of theft and false accounting.
She was accused of stealing £11,503 while working at Camberwell Green Post Office in London.
But despite a new legal breakthrough, she says she has paid with her health.