Suzanne Holdsworth
Years in prison:
3
Year of crime:
2004
Year conviction was overturned:
2008
Suzanne Holdsworth was convicted of the murder of Kyle Fisher who was a toddler at the time of his death. She was alleged to have smashed Kyle’s head against a bannister. But there was no visible blood, no hair, no skin on the bannister, and no DNA test was carried out. The miscarriage of justice became clear when Newsnight reported on the case. New defense experts testified that Kyle suffered from brain disorders that were likely responsible for his death (through a fit).
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< Back to Case Search < Back to Overview Graph- Offence: Murder
- Jurisdiction: England & Wales
- County: Durham
- Ethnicity: White
- Gender: F
- Years in prison: 3
- Offence convicted of: Murder
- Year of crime: 2004
- Year of initial conviction: 2005
- Year conviction was overturned: 2008
- Age when imprisoned: 35
- CCRC Referral: N
- Tried with others: N
- Link to full case: https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Crim/2008/971.html
- Type of fresh evidence at appeal: Evidence undermining forensic science
- Compensation: No
- Link to compensation: https://www.matrixlaw.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Holdsworth-v-SSJ-actual-judgment.docx
- Crown argued case at CofA: Yes
- Retrial: Yes
- Previous appeals: None