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Further links are now being made between Welsh serial John Cooper and the murder of an elderly brother and sister from Pembrokeshire. Forensic psychologist Dr Clive Sims said there are enough similarities between Cooper’s crimes and the deaths of Griff and Patti Thomas at their farmhouse in Llangolman in 1976 to suggest “he may at
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John Cooper is one of the most notorious criminals in British history. He burgled, raped and murdered during a 15-year reign of terror, which included four executions by shotgun. And, far from keeping a low profile between crimes, he even took time to appear on the gameshow Bullseye. This year, he was jailed for life. ITV Wales
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Prison snitch evidence is a central feature of many alleged and proven miscarriages of justice.This sort of evidence was important to the conviction of Gordon Park, the so-called ‘Lady in the Lake’ killer, who was found dead in his prison cell on Monday.Today, in the Daily Mail, Bob Woffinden explains why Mr Park’s family will
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Here’s an update on Michael O’Brien’s appearance at the Hay Festival by Duncan Campbell of the Guardian and here’s a recent interview by David James of the South Wales Echo with one of Mr O’Brien’s co-accused Ellis Sherwood.
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Michael O’Brien is set to appear at the 2009 Hay Festival in Hay-on-Wye.O’Brien will take part in a question and answer session on his autobiography, The Death of Justice, which describes his wrongful conviction for murder, his battle to clear his name and an examination of what he believes went wrong in the investigation of
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Michael O’Brien spent 11 years behind bars for a murder he didn’t commit.In December 1999, after judges quashed his conviction, he asked me to write a piece about his two-week appeal.That request turned into a plan to write a complete book of Mike’s life.It is an incredible story.Mike’s arrest and life sentence for the murder
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Pierrepoint, a film about the most prolific British hangman of the last century, opened this month.It contains by all accounts a remarkable portrayal by Timothy Spall of the man who executed an average of 18 people a year between 1932 and 1956.Albert Pierrepoint saw himself as part of the state machinery. His role, he believed
Greg Lewis 