Appeal Court Royalty He has canceled the sentence for the killing of a man who has passed Almost 38 years in prison After the appearance of new DNA tests. Peter Sullivan was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1987 for murdering Diane Sindal.
It is believed that he was the victim of the long -standing judicial error in the history of the United Kingdom. Sallivan retained his innocence at the timeHer lawyer Sarah Miyad said. Sindal, a 21 -year -old florist who worked in a bar while saving money for his wedding, was found dead on August 2, 1986 after leaving Mercesey’s Babington on August 2, 1986. He was raped and killed when he returned home after a job change.
“No angry or bitter”
In a statement read by his lawyer, Sallivan said that he was not “angry, or bitter”: “I am simply Interested in turning back with my loved ones and my familyBecause I have to use more of what I have left in this world. “
His own experience of the judicial error “It did not reduce or reduce that it has taken a terrible and all of it The horror loss of life“.” Soy Know how cruel the time is A person was taken away from his youth and movement, vision and hearing. I will endure it as a silence and see how they snatched it, in the worst fantasy environment. “
Asked for Proven When “my life to fix the tree is possible” when it begins. Sullivan expressed his condolences to the loved ones. “I would like to express my grief to the family of Diaon Sindal. He must now accept that the death of his daughter is due to another person. I am longing to do the right thing to find peace for this horrible crime.”
New DNA analysis techniques
Sullivan was released on Monday after new tests thanked modern techniques DNA tests. In 2008 he attended the Commission to review criminal cases (CCRC.
Although the techniques used to cancel their sentence in 2008 were not available, the CCRC recognized it Other methods available may have been tested. However, he confirms that they cannot know whether they have given the same decision. The CCRC is responsible for independently reviewing of judicial errors in the UK, Wales and Northern Ireland. Get around 1,500 requests to review the yearAnd sending about 3% requests to the Courts Courts.
Later, the CCRC tried to appeal directly in 2019 without relief, but it was rejected by the Court of Appeal in 2021. Then he did the CCRC on March 2021. DNA information Samples taken at the time of crime.
Since then, the Merceseed police have opened again Murder research Sindal, but the National DNA database has examined more than 260 men, but nothing is accidental. The police have called “Any information or doubt about the killing of Diane (Sindal) in 1986” is to be given to anyone who has to be given.
“As the Court of Appeal has heard today, the new DNA tests that led to the cancellation of Mr. Sallivan’s sentence They cannot be available when we first examined their caseThe decision not to refund the case in 2008 is correct, ”a spokesman for the Criminal Case Review Commission (CCRC) said.
“However, We are sorry In our first review, Mr. Sullivan’s punishment could not be identified as a potential judiciary, “he added. The use of extracted teachings It continues to develop our knowledge of forensic opportunities from previous reviews and forensic opportunities. “