Tarlochan Singh Gill
Years in prison:
10
Year of crime:
1984
Year conviction was overturned:
1994
Tarlochan Singh Gill was convicted of the murder of Wati Suri. According to the West Midlands Crime Squad, Gill had confessed to committing the murder. This was the only evidence linking him to the crime. This evidence was given by Detective Sergeant James, whose evidence had been found to be unreliable in three other cases. As a result of this, the conviction was quashed.
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< Back to Case Search < Back to Overview Graph- Offence: Murder
- Jurisdiction: England & Wales
- County: West Midlands
- Ethnicity: Unknown
- Gender: M
- Years in prison: 10
- Offence convicted of: Murder
- Year of crime: 1984
- Year of initial conviction: 1984
- Year conviction was overturned: 1994
- Age when imprisoned: 18
- CCRC Referral: N
- Tried with others: Y
- Link to full case: Not available
- Type of fresh evidence at appeal: Evidence undermining the reliability of a confession, Evidence casting doubt on the integrity of police
- Compensation: Unknown
- Crown argued case at CofA: Unknown
- Retrial: Unknown
- Previous appeals: Unknown