Serena Kayretli

Years in prison:
2
Year of crime:
1996
Year conviction was overturned:
2000

Serena Kayretli and her husband Vedat Kayretli, were convicted of manslaughter of Fevsi Demir (a former boyfriend of Serena). Demir’s body was found encased in concrete a significant time after his death. Their convictions were quashed on the basis of problems with the evidence of the Home Office pathologist in the case.

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  • Offence: Manslaughter / non-fatal offence against the person
  • Jurisdiction: England & Wales
  • County: Essex 
  • Ethnicity: Unknown
  • Gender: F
  • Years in prison: 2
  • Offence convicted of: Manslaughter
  • Year of crime: 1996
  • Year of initial conviction: 1998
  • Year conviction was overturned: 2000
  • Age when imprisoned: 20
  • CCRC Referral: N
  • Tried with others: Y
  • Link to full case: Not available
  • Type of fresh evidence at appeal: Evidence undermining forensic science
  • Compensation: Unknown
  • Crown argued case at CofA: Unknown
  • Retrial: No
  • Previous appeals: Unknown