Colin Wallace
Years in prison:
6
Year of crime:
1980
Year conviction was overturned:
1996
Colin Wallace was convicted of the manslaughter of Jonathon Lewis. Lewis was found drowned and battered in the River Arun. At a trial, a home office pathologist told the jury that Lewis had probably been hit by a karate blow. On appeal, evidence was introduced to suggest that injuries were not consistent with a karate blow, and that evidence of Wallace’s background (in the SAS) that appeared in the newspapers might have influenced the jury. The appeal was allowed and Wallace’s conviction was quashed.
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< Back to Case Search < Back to Overview Graph- Offence: Manslaughter / non-fatal offence against the person
- Jurisdiction: England & Wales
- County: West Sussex
- Ethnicity: White
- Gender: M
- Years in prison: 6
- Offence convicted of: Manslaughter
- Year of crime: 1980
- Year of initial conviction: 1981
- Year conviction was overturned: 1996
- Age when imprisoned: 38
- CCRC Referral: N
- Tried with others: N
- Link to full case: Not available
- Type of fresh evidence at appeal: Evidence undermining forensic science
- Compensation: Unknown
- Crown argued case at CofA: Yes
- Retrial: Unknown
- Previous appeals: Unknown