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 (identification) Eyewitness (other) Witness to confession Offence Drugs offences Manslaughter / non-fatal offence against the person Murder Other Robbery / burglary Sexual offences 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 Aaron Bacchus 4 2000 Adam Joof 4 2008 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 Peppernell 1 2008 Alexander Schlesinger 0 1985 Ali Reza Tahery 7 2005 Amanda Jenkinson 4.92 1996 Amilton-Nicolas Bento 2 2007 Andreas Findlay 9 1989 Andrew Adams 14 1993 Andrew Evans 25 1973 Andrew F Unknown 2004 Andrew Smith 22 1977 Angela Cannings 1.5 2002 Angela Gay 1.25 2005 Anne Maguire 14 1976 Annette Hewins 1.5 1997 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 Barri White 6 2002 Barry Campbell 5 2003 Barry George 7 2001 Barry John Cook 7 1996 Basil Williams-Rigby 4 1999 Bernadette Armstrong 0 1987 Bernard Murphy 10 1992 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 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-Patrick Walters 5 1995 Christy Walsh 14 1991 Claire Thompson 0 2009 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 Craig Lane 2.75 1997 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 Carrington-Jones 6.5 2000 David Cooper 10 1970 David Dunbar 0.75 2014 David James 8 1986 David Luxford 2.8 2000 David Noble 2.75 1997 David Potter 6 1998 David Thackeray 1 2004 David Tucker 3 2005 David-Ryan James 3.5 1995 Dean Soloman 4 1993 Derek A 7 1993 Derek Treadaway 13 1983 Desmond Dinnell 2.5 2002 Devon Francis 15 1993 Donald Brown 12 1983 Donald Pendleton 15 1986 Donna Anthony 6 1998 Duncan Stewart 0 2012 Dwaine Simeon George 12 2002 Eamonn MacDermott 15 1977 Eddie Browning 6 1989 Ellis Sherwood 11 1987 Ellish Enright 7 1991 EMM EMM 6 1991 Engin Raghip 4 1987 Ernest Bond 6 1996 Frances Avis 0 2016 Frank Johnson 26 1975 Frank Newell 8 1973 Gareth Jones 3.5 2008 Gary Ford 15 1996 Gary Mills 13 1990 Gary Shaffi 3 1997 Gavin Burt 3 2002 Geoffrey Long 1.5 2010 George Anderson 2 2004 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 Gilbert (Danny) McNamee 11 1987 Graham Huckerby 2.5 1995 Harry MacKenney 23 1980 Hassan Assali 7 1985 Hassan Khan Unknown 1990 Howard Kruger 0.67 2005 Hugh Callaghan 16 1975 Hugh Hanna 9 1976 Ian Brooke 6 2000 Ian Faulder 2.5 1999 Ian Gay 1.25 2005 Ian Lawless 7 2002 Jack Allan 0 2012 Jacqueline Fletcher 4 1988 James Boyle 5 2005 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 Sneddon 0.83 2000 Jan Christofides 9 1992 Jasmin Schmidt 0.58 2008 Jason Giles 4 2003 Jason K 3 2003 Jathies Santharatnam 8 2004 Jodie Rana 2.5 2015 Joe Steele 20 1984 John Bingham 2.5 1982 John Brannan 6 1992 John Cummiskey 15 1985 John Hemphill 5 1995 John Jenkins Unknown 2010 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 Preece 8 1972 John Roberts 16 1983 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 Joseph Kassar 10 1993 Joseph Otoo 3 1997 Judith Ward 18 1974 Julie Ferris 2 2000 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 Samuels 6 2001 Kevin Callan 4 1991 Kevin John Brown 7 1996 Kevin Martin 5 1995 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 Taylor 1 1992 Lloyd George Fraser 7 1993 Lorraine Allen 1.3 2000 Lorraine Harris 1.5 2000 Luke Dougherty 1 1972 Malcom Byrne 8 1998 Marc McClenaghan 0.5 2011 Margaret Hewitt 2 2004 Margaret Smith 1 2002 Mark Braithwaite 4 1987 Mark Chamberlain-Davidson 1 2006 Mark Cleary 9 1986 Mark Dallagher 6 1998 Mark Kempster 2001 Mark Paterson 0 2006 Mark Pepperman 1 2006 Martin C 9 1994 Martin Foran 8 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 Michael Lawson 3 2000 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 Mohammed Yusef Patel 2.3 1987 Nadeem Aslam 3 2010 Nimalal Nadarajah 8 2004 Nimalrajah Thambithurai 2.5 2004 Noel Bell 9 1986 Omar Bryan 3 2007 Owen Crooks 4 2008 Paddy Armstrong 14 1975 Paddy Hill 16 1975 Paschal John Mulholland 1 1976 Patricia Bass 2.5 1995 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 Snr Maguire 14 1976 Patrick Zengeya 0.75 2001 Paul Blackburn 25 1978 Paul Darvell 7 1986 Paul Hill 14 1975 Pervinder Singh Swarnn 1 2014 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 Randolph Johnson 10 1990 Raphael Rowe 10 1990 Raymond Gilmour 21 1982 Raymond McCartney 17 1977 Reg Dudley 20 1977 Reginald Dunk 0 1985 Reginald F 9 1990 Ricardo Prince 3 2002 Richard Karling 5 1995 Richard McIIkenny 16 1975 Richard Mulchay 4 1996 Robert Adams 9 1976 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 Sajid Ali 2.5 2009 Sally Clark 3 1999 Sam Hallam 7 2005 Sam Kulasingham 6 1988 Sanjeev Dhir 1 2009 Sean Hodgson 27 1982 Sean Smyth 12 1976 Serena Kayretli 2 1998 Shane Stepon Smith 8 1993 Shaun Booker 0.9 2002 Shaun Hegarty 3 2013 Sheila Bowler 4 1993 Sion Jenkins 6 1998 Sirfraze Ahmed 0.67 2006 Stefan Kiszko 16 1976 Stephen Downing 27 1973 Stephen McCaul 2 1979 Stephen Miller 2 1990 Stephen Simmons 0.6 1976 Sterling Christie 0.6 1972 Steven Johnson 10 1996 Steven Puaca 3 2002 Stewart Allen 1.5 1998 Stuart Blackledge 0 1992 Stuart Gair 13 1989 Sultan Alam 0.75 1996 Suzanne Holdsworth 3 2005 Tarlochan Singh Gill 10 1984 Terence Shiels 0 1978 Terry Pinfold 21 1980 Thomas Campbell 16 1984 Thomas Green 13 1987 Thomas Rooney 3 2004 Thomas Smart 0 2008 Tonderai Chakwana 3 2009 Tony Paris 2 1990 Trevor Campbell 14 1985 Trevor Gray 4 2012 Trevor McCalla 1.5 1985 Trevor Wickens 12 1991 Veronica Ryan 0.33 1990 Veydat Kayretli 2 1998 Victor Boreman 8 1998 Victor Nealon 17 1996 Vincent Hickey 18 1979 Vincent Maguire 5 1976 Waqar Ahmed 2 2006 Warren Blackwell 5 1999 Wayne Darvell 7 1986 William Findlay 0.5 2004 William Gerard Gorman 19 1979 William Hickson 3 1997 William Mills 2 2007 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
