Colin Murphy
Years in prison:
4
Year of crime:
1990
Year conviction was overturned:
2004
Colin Murphy was convicted of conspiracy to supply canabis, after him and his co-defendant were kept under surveillance and a property search recovered large quantities of canabis resin. The conviction was quashed when the officers involved in the case were subject to convictions and discipliniary findings relating to drugs-related investigations.
< Back to Case Search < Back to Overview Graph- Offence: Drugs offences
- Jurisdiction: England & Wales
- County: Kent
- Ethnicity: Unknown
- Gender: M
- Years in prison: 4
- Offence convicted of: Conspiracy to supply cannabis
- Year of crime: 1990
- Year of initial conviction: 1991
- Year conviction was overturned: 2004
- Age when imprisoned: Unknown
- CCRC Referral: Y
- Tried with others: Y
- Link to full case: Available on westlaw https://uk.westlaw.com/Document/I5AFE9730E42811DA8FC2A0F0355337E9/View/FullText.html?originationContext=document&transitionType=SearchItem&contextData=%28sc.Search%29&navigationPath=Search%2Fv1%2Fresults%2Fnavigation%2Fi0ad73aa50000017637df04bed3725f46&listSource=Search&listPageSource=9fb45b22fa207625a683208f9d4bd8f1&list=RESEARCH_COMBINED_WLUK&rank=6&comp=wluk
- Type of fresh evidence at appeal: Evidence casting doubt on the integrity of police
- Compensation: Unknown
- Crown argued case at CofA: No
- Retrial: Unknown
- Previous appeals: Previous unsuccessful retrial