Billy Mills
Billy Mills was convicted of robbery following a bank robbery in Glasgow in 2007. An unknown individual, wearing a mask, robbed the bank of £8,216. Two witnesses and two police officers identified this man as Mills (although there was significant evidence indicating this was not Mills, for example he had an alabi and expert testimony suggesting the man in the bank in surveillance photos was not him). On appeal, it was revealed that witnesses said the robber spoke with a South African accent, and a DNA test conducted on matter left by the robber led to a South African with a criminal history of robbery. As a result of this new evidence, it was agreed there had been a miscarriage of justice and that Mills’ conviction was unsafe.
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- Jurisdiction: Scotland
- County: Lanarkshire
- Ethnicity: White
- Gender: M
- Years in prison: 1.16
- Offence convicted of: Robbery
- Year of crime: 2007
- Year of initial conviction: 2007
- Year conviction was overturned: 2009
- Affirmative evidence of innocence: Y
- Age when imprisoned: 40
- CCRC Referral: N
- Tried with others: N
- Link to full case: Not available
- Type of fresh evidence at appeal: DNA evidence, Other
- Compensation: Unknown
- Crown argued case at CofA: No
- Retrial: Unknown
- Previous appeals: Unknown