Andrew Evans
Years in prison:
25
Year of crime:
1972
Year conviction was overturned:
1997
Andrew Evans presented himself to police after seeing the face of a murder victim in a dream and was convicted of murder after making a signed statement. This was the primary evidence. Investogators in the case also used a “truth drug” on Evans, which has since been discredited. The conviction was found to be unsafe and unreliable.
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< Back to Case Search < Back to Overview Graph- Offence: Murder
- Jurisdiction: England & Wales
- County: Staffordshire
- Ethnicity: White
- Gender: M
- Years in prison: 25
- Offence convicted of: Murder
- Year of crime: 1972
- Year of initial conviction: 1973
- Year conviction was overturned: 1997
- Age when imprisoned: 17
- CCRC Referral: N
- Tried with others: N
- Link to full case: Not available
- Type of fresh evidence at appeal: Evidence undermining the reliability of a confession
- Compensation: Yes
- Link to compensation: https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/jun/09/jeevanvasagar
- Crown argued case at CofA: Unknown
- Retrial: Unknown
- Previous appeals: Unknown