Ian Lawless
Years in prison:
7
Year of crime:
2001
Year conviction was overturned:
2009
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Ian Lawless was convicted of the murder of Alf Wilkins, after making various confessions to third parties. His conviction was ruled unsafe after fresh medical evidence revealed that he had a pathelogical need for attention. The Court of Appeal were satisfied that this medical evidence might have affected the jury’s assessment of the reliability of his confession.
< Back to Case Search < Back to Overview Graph- Offence: Murder
- Jurisdiction: England & Wales
- County: Lincolnshire
- Ethnicity: White
- Gender: M
- Years in prison: 7
- Offence convicted of: Murder
- Year of crime: 2001
- Year of initial conviction: 2002
- Year conviction was overturned: 2009
- Age when imprisoned: 40
- CCRC Referral: Y
- Tried with others: N
- Link to full case: https://www.casemine.com/judgement/uk/5a8ff7aa60d03e7f57eb1060
- Type of fresh evidence at appeal: Evidence undermining the reliability of a confession
- Compensation: Yes
- Link to compensation: https://gcnchambers.co.uk/miscarriage-compensation-test-case-succeeds-as-other-claimants-fail/
- Crown argued case at CofA: Unknown
- Retrial: Unknown
- Previous appeals: Unknown