Factors involved Confession False or misleading forensic evidence Inadequate disclosure Official misconduct Witness evidence from non-complainant Witness testimony from complainant Type of witness evidence Co-defendant / informant / supergrass Eyewitness Eyewitness (identification) Eyewitness (other) Witness to confession Offence Drugs offences False accounting Manslaughter / non-fatal offence against the person Murder Other Robbery / burglary Sexual offences Theft / fraud Gender F M Jurisdiction England & Wales Northern Ireland Scotland Additional Filters Guilty Plea CCRC Referral Post office case Retrial Compensation Crown argued case at CofA Affirmative evidence of innocence Clear Name Years in prison Initial conviction Mr A .67 2005 Aaron Bacchus 4 2000 Abiodun Omotoso 2008 Adam Joof 4 2008 Adekunle Akanbi-Akinlade 5 2007 Afzal Khan 2 2006 Ahmet Salih Salih 3 1972 Alan Richardson 8 1986 Albert James 15 1986 Alexander Allan 6 1991 Alexander Hall 11 1988 Alexander Pepperell 1 2008 Alexander Schlesinger 0 1985 Alfred James 0 1974 Ali Reza Tahery 7 2005 Alison Hall 0 2011 Allison Henderson 0 2010 Altaf Hussain 1988 A M 2015 Amanda Barber 0 2012 Amanda Jenkinson 4.92 1996 Amer Hussain 2005 Amilton-Nicolas Bento 2 2007 Andreas Findlay 9 1989 Andrew Adams 14 1993 Andrew Evans 25 1973 Andrew F Unknown 2004 Andrew Gilbertson 2002 Andrew Smith 22 1977 Andy Malkinson 17 2004 Angela Cannings 1.5 2002 Angela Gay 1.25 2005 Angela Sefton 2013 Anne Maguire 14 1976 Anne Nield 2013 Annette Hewins 1.5 1997 Anthony Gant 0 2007 Anthony Hunt 2 2003 Anthony Mark Clibery 4.5 1998 Anthony O’Doherty 4 1997 Anthony Poole 13 1990 Anthony Steel 20 1979 Anthony Taylor 5 1995 Antonio Christie 4 2008 Anver Daud Sheikh 3.5 2002 Ashley King 13 1986 Azhill Khan 2 2006 B W 4 1999 Balbir Grewal 2001 Barri White 6 2002 Barry Campbell 5 2003 Barry Capon 0 2009 Barry George 7 2001 Barry John Cook 7 1996 Basil Peterkin .5 1977 Bernadette Armstrong 0 1987 Bernard Murphy 10 1992 Bernard Williams 0 1974 Billy Allison 10 1996 Billy Joe Friend 8 1996 Billy Mills 1.16 2007 Billy Pope 7 1991 Billy Power 16 1975 Bob Maynard 23 1977 Brian Kelly 4 1989 Brian Shivers 1 2012 Bridgene Kelly 0 2014 Bryan Tong 0.4 2007 Carina Price 0 2005 Carl Page 2006 Carole Richardson 14 1975 Charles Edwin Clarke 4 1977 Charlie McMenamin 3 1980 Ched Evans 2.5 2012 Christopher Drury 8 2001 Christopher Hagans 20 1983 Christopher Millar 0.5 2011 Christopher Rowe Unknown 2003 Christopher Scott P 2 2002 Christopher Trousdale 2004 Christopher-Patrick Walters 5 1995 Christy Walsh 14 1991 Claire Thompson 0 2009 Cleveland Davidson 1972 Clifford Card 1 2005 Colin John C Unknown 1997 Colin Lattimore 3 1972 Colin Murphy 4 1991 Colin Richardson 8 1986 Colin Wallace 6 1981 Colm Murphy 3 2002 Constantine Boucher 0.6 1972 Cornelius-Renny Shaw 8 1991 Courtney Harriot 1972 Craig Lane 2.75 1997 Damien Owen .25 2011 Daniel Caldwell Unknown 1991 Daniel Mansell 11 1998 Daniel Morrison Unknown 1991 Danny Steven Kay 4 2013 Darren Cash 4 2001 Darren Hall 11 1987 David Asbury 3.5 1997 David Ballingham 0 2005 David Blakey 0 2004 David Carrington-Jones 6.5 2000 David Cooper 10 1970 David Dunbar 0.75 2014 David Hughes 2007 David James 8 1986 David Luxford 2.8 2000 David McKenzie 1990 David Murphy 1978 David Noble 2.75 1997 David Potter 6 1998 David Thackeray 1 2004 David Thomas Hedges 0 2011 David Tucker 3 2005 David Yates 2003 David-Ryan James 3.5 1995 Dawn O’Connell 0 2008 Dean Soloman 4 1993 Della Robinson 0 2012 Derek A 7 1993 Derek Treadaway 13 1983 Des Warren 2 1973 Desmond Dinnell 2.5 2002 Devon Francis 15 1993 Donald Brown 12 1983 Donald Pendleton 15 1986 Donna Anthony 6 1998 Dorothy Bontoft 2004 Duncan Stewart 0 2012 Duranda Clarke 2009 Dwaine Simeon George 12 2002 Eamonn MacDermott 15 1979 Eddie Browning 6 1989 Elaine Hood 2003 Elena Herd 2011 Ellis Sherwood 11 1987 Ellish Enright 7 1991 EMM EMM 6 1991 Engin Raghip 4 1987 Eric Tomlinson 2 1973 Ernest Bond 6 1996 Frances Avis 0 2016 Frank Johnson 26 1975 Frank Newell 8 1973 Gail Ward 0 2007 Gareth Jones 3.5 2008 Gary Ford 15 1996 Gary Higgins 2006 Gary Mills 13 1990 Gary Shaffi 3 1997 Gary Walker 17 2004 Gavin Burt 3 2002 Geoffrey Long 1.5 2010 Geoffrey Monks .2 1999 George Anderson 2 2004 George Arthur Murray 0 1974 George Davis 0 1975 George Griffiths 0.6 1972 George Lewis 5.5 1987 George Long 16 1978 George McPhee 18 1985 Gerard Hodgkins Unknown 1991 Gerry Conlon 14 1975 Gerry Hunter 16 1975 Ghulam Rasool 11 1996 Ghulam Rasool 1996 Gilbert (Danny) McNamee 11 1987 Gillian Clemo 2011 Gillian Harrison 2005 Gillian Howard 0 2011 Graham Huckerby 2.5 1995 Graham Roberts 0 1974 Grant Allen 2013 Greg Harding 2010 Grzegorz Szal 5 2016 Gurdeep Dhale 2011 Harjinder Butoy 1.5 2008 Harry MacKenney 23 1980 Hasmukh Shingadia 2011 Hassan Assali 7 1985 Hassan Khan Unknown 1990 Hugh Callaghan 16 1975 Hugh Hanna 9 1977 Hughie Thomas 2006 Ian Brooke 6 2000 Ian Davies 2006 Ian Gay 1.25 2005 Ian Lawless 7 2002 Ian Warren 0 2009 Jack Allan 0 2012 Jack Smith 2004 Jacqueline Fletcher 4 1988 Jacqueline McDonald 0.5 2010 James Dunn 2006 James Hegan 9 1986 James Martin 17 1991 James O’Carroll Unknown 1991 James Power 2.5 1995 James Reith 2 1998 James Robinson 18 1979 Jamie Dixon 2013 Jamie Sneddon 0.83 2000 Jan Christofides 9 1992 Janet Skinner .5 2007 Janine Powell 2008 Jasmin Schmidt 0.58 2008 Jason Giles 4 2003 Jason K 2 2003 Jasvinder Barang 2012 Jathies Santharatnam 8 2004 Jerry Hosi 0 2010 Jodie Rana 2.5 2015 Joe Steele 20 1984 John Armstrong 2006 John Bingham 2.5 1982 John Brannan 6 1992 John Clee 0 1974 John Cummiskey 15 1985 John Dickson 2012 John Hemphill 5 1995 John Jenkins Unknown 2010 John Jones 2 1973 John Joseph Boyle 9 1977 John Kamara 20 1981 John Lewis Brown 2 1983 John McGinty Unknown 1997 John McGranaghan 10 1981 John McLoughlin 0 1988 John Melnichenko 8 1986 John Porch 2016 John Preece 8 1972 John Roberts 15 1983 John Seaburg 0 1974 John Siddall 4 1999 John Wilson 10 1983 John Woodruff 3 1997 John-Paul Grecian 0 1992 Johnny Walker 16 1975 Jonathan Jones 1 1995 Jonathan Price 2013 Joseph Kassar 11 1993 Joseph Otoo 3 1997 Josephine Hamilton 0 2008 Judith Ward 18 1974 Julian Wilson 0 2009 Julie Cleife 2010 Julie Ferris 2 2000 Justin Plummer 3 1998 Kamran Ashraf 2004 Kashmir Gill 0 2010 Kathleen Bailey 0 1977 Keith Birchall 2 1996 Keith Hyatt 2.5 2002 Keith John Burnside 4 2000 Keith Twitchell 12 1982 Kenneth Fulton 5 2002 Kenneth O’Shea 0 1973 Kenneth Samuels 6 2001 Kevin Callan 4 1991 Kevin John Brown 7 1996 Kevin Martin 5 1995 Khalid Latif 1991 Khayyam Ishaq 2013 Kimberley Hainey 2 2011 Lee Clegg 4 1993 Leon Benjamin Forde 1.5 2004 Leopold Willis 11 1995 Leslie Warren 2 2003 Levi Walker 4 2008 Liam Holden 17 1972 Liam Martin 17 1991 Lisa Brennan 0 2003 Lisa Taylor 1 1992 Lloyd George Fraser 7 1993 Lorraine Allen 1.3 2000 Luke Dougherty 1 1972 Lynette Hutchings 2012 Malcolm Watkins 2003 Malcom Byrne 8 1998 Marc McClenaghan 0.5 2011 Margaret Hewitt 2 2004 Margaret Smith 1 2002 Margaret White 2007 Margery Williams 0 2012 Marissa Finn 2009 Mark Braithwaite 4 1987 Mark Chamberlain-Davidson 1 2006 Mark Cleary 9 1986 Mark Dallagher 6 1998 Mark Kempster 0 2001 Mark Paterson 0 2006 Mark Pepperman 1 2006 Martin C 9 1994 Martin Foran 18 1977, 1986 Martin McCauley 0 1985 Mary Clinton 2 1987 Mary Druhan 10 1989 Mayuran Seevaratnam 8 2004 Michael Beadle 2 1997 Michael Brown 5 1995 Michael Byrne 8 1998 Michael Davis 10 1990 Michael Dunne 15 1983 Michael Hickey 18 1979 Michael Holliday NA (concurrent sentence) 1996 Ian Faulder 2.5 1999 Michael Magee 11 1990 Michael McMahon 10 1970 Michael O’Brien 11 1987 Michael Osbourne 4 2008 Michael Ray Thomas 5 1994 Michael Shirley 16 1988 Michelle Taylor 1 1992 M L 3 2000 Mohammed Amin 2011 Mohammed Aslam 0 2007 Mohammed Osman 1993 Mohammed Rafiq 1994 Mohammed Rasul 0 2007 Mohammed Shahzad 1991 Mohammed Yusef Patel 2.3 1987 Montazar Chberei 2010 Mr BU 1995 Mr EC 2009 Mr GA 2004 Nadeem Aslam 3 2010 Nalini Joshi 2001 Navneet Kinshore 2009 Nicholas Clark 0 2010 Nimalal Nadarajah 8 2004 Nimalrajah Thambithurai 2.5 2004 Noel Bell 9 1986 Noel Jones 6 1976 Norman Barber 0 2012 Oliver Campbell 11 1991 Omar Bryan 3 2007 Owen Crooks 4 2008 P P 3 2002 Paddy Armstrong 14 1975 Paddy Hill 16 1975 Pamela Lock 0 2001 Parmod Kalia .5 2001 Paschal John Mulholland 1 1976 Patricia Bass 2.5 1995 Patrick Butcher 0 1974 Patrick Conlon 4 1976 Patrick Doak 0 2014 Patrick Gaughan 10 1983 Patrick Irvine 11 1982 Patrick Jnr Maguire 4 1976 Patrick Livingstone 17.5 1975 Patrick Molloy 2 1979 Patrick Nicholls 23 1975 Patrick Nolan 14 1982 Patrick O’Neil 8 1976 Patrick O’Toole 1978 Patrick Snr Maguire 14 1976 Patrick Zengeya 0.75 2001 Patryk Pachecka 5 2016 Paul Blackburn 25 1978 Paul Darvell 7 1986 Paul Green 1972 Paul Hill 14 1975 Pauline Stonehouse 2008 Pauline Thomson 0 2010 Pervinder Singh Swarnn 1 2014 Peter Anthony Holmes 0 2009 Peter Fell 17 1984 Peter McDonald Unknown 1977 Peter McDonald Cadder 0 2009 Philip Iredale 0 2000 Prabu Santharatnam 8 2004 Prem Sivalingham 6 1988 Rajeshkumar Mehta 1 2018 Randolph Johnson 10 1990 Raphael Rowe 10 1990 Raymond Gilmour 21 1982 Raymond McCartney 17 1979 Reg Dudley 20 1977 Reginald Dunk 0 1985 Reginald F 9 1990 Ricardo Prince 3 2002 Richard Hawkes 2005 Richard Karling 5 1995 Richard McIIkenny 16 1975 Richard Mulchay 4 1996 Richard Ormerod 2004 Rizwan Manjra 2004 Robert Adams 9 1977 Robert Ambrose 2012 Robert Boyle 2012 Robert Brown 25 1977 Robert Clarke 10 2000 Robert Doubtfire 6 1994 Robert Hindes 9 1977 Roger Beardmore 3.75 1998 Ronald Brown 18 1983 Ronan Bennett 1 1974 Ronnie Leighton 3 1972 Roy Burnett 14 1986 Roy Meads 10 1985 Rubina Shaheen 2010 Russell Broughton 1997 Sajid Ali 2.5 2009 Saliah Mehmet .5 1977 Sally Clark 3 1999 Sam Hallam 7 2005 Sam Kulasingham 6 1988 Sami Sabet 2009 Samuel Warburton 0 1974 Sanjeev Dhir 1 2009 Scott Darlington 0 2010 Sean (Robert) Hodgson 27 1982 Sean Smyth 12 1976 Seema Misra .5 2010 Serena Kayretli 2 1998 Shah Nawaz 1994 Shane Stepon Smith 8 1993 Shaun Booker 0.9 2002 Shaun Hegarty 3 2013 Sheila Bowler 4 1993 Siobhan Sayer 0 2010 Sion Jenkins 6 1998 Sirfraze Ahmed 0.67 2006 Stefan Kiszko 16 1976 Stephen Downing 27 1973 Stephen Aston 1999 Stephen McCaul 2 1979 Stephen Miller 2 1990 Stephen Simmons 0.6 1976 Sterling Christie 0.6 1972 Steven Johnston 10 1996 Steven Puaca 3 2002 Stewart Allen 1.5 1998 Stuart Blackledge 0 1992 Stuart Gair 13 1989 Sultan Alam 0.75 1996 Susan Rudkin 0 2009 Suzanne Holdsworth 3 2005 Tahir Mahmood 0 2005 Tarlochan Singh Gill 10 1984 Teju Adedayo 0 2006 Terence Shiels 0 1978 Terry Pinfold 21 1980 Terry Renshaw 0 1974 Texo Johnson 1972 Therese Gooding 2001 Thomas Brian Williams 1973 Thomas Campbell 16 1984 Thomas Green 13 1987 Thomas Rooney 3 2004 Thomas Smart 0 2008 Tim Burgess 0 2011 Timothy Bentnall 0 2010 Tomislav Stojanovic Tonderai Chakwana 3 2009 Tony Paris 2 1990 Tracy Felstead 2002 Trevor Campbell 14 1985 Trevor Gray 4 2012 Trevor McCalla 1.5 1985 Trevor Wickens 12 1991 Uthayathas Balasubramaniam 2004 Veronica Ryan 0.33 1990 Veydat Kayretli 2 1998 Victor Boreman 8 1998 Victor Nealon 17 1996 Vijay Parekh .5 2010 Vincent Hickey 18 1979 Vincent Maguire 5 1976 Vipinchandra Patel 2011 Waqar Ahmed 2 2006 Warren Blackwell 5 1999 Wayne Darvell 7 1986 Wendy Buffrey 0 2010 William Findlay 0.5 2004 William Gerard Gorman 19 1979 William Graham 0 2009 William Hickson 3 1997 William Pierce 0 1974 Winston Allen 9 1986 Winston Silcott 4 1987 Winston Trew 0.6 1972 Yusef Abdullahi 2 1990 Zoe Martindale 4 1996 10 20 30 40 All Rows
