Joe Steele
Years in prison:
20
Year of crime:
1984
Year conviction was overturned:
2004
Mr Steele was convicted of murder following the deaths of Andrew Doyle and five family members in a fire that was alleged to be started over a “turf war.” Petrol had been poured in the home of the Doyle family and set alight. Evidence from a leading psychologist cast doubt on a confession made by Mr. Campbell (a co-defendant), noting it was unlikely the four officers detaining him would have identical recall of his statement.
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< Back to Case Search < Back to Overview Graph- Offence: Murder
- Jurisdiction: Scotland
- County: Unknown
- Ethnicity: White
- Gender: M
- Years in prison: 20
- Offence convicted of: Murder
- Year of crime: 1984
- Year of initial conviction: 1984
- Year conviction was overturned: 2004
- Age when imprisoned: Unknown
- CCRC Referral: Y
- Tried with others: Y
- Link to full case: Not available
- Type of fresh evidence at appeal: Evidence undermining the reliability of a confession
- Compensation: Yes
- Link to compensation: https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/the-innocent-manif-we-had-a-friendship-it-was-one-forged-in-hell-i-am-glad-though-we-spoke-before-he-died-and-i-will-pray-for-him/#:~:text=The%20Compensation,crime%20he%20did%20not%20commit
- Crown argued case at CofA: No
- Retrial: Unknown
- Previous appeals: Two unsuccessful appeals