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38 years - Britain's worst miscarriage of justice

May 26, 202532 min
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Episode description

Peter Sullivan has been released from prison after spending 38 years behind bars for a murder he didn’t commit. In 1986, 21-year-old Diane Sindall was brutally murdered but it has now been proved that police got the wrong man. DNA found on her body does not belong to Peter Sullivan. Why did it take so long to prove his innocence and is the body that investigates possible miscarriages of justice fit for purpose?

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Guest: Emily Dugan, Special Correspondent, The Sunday Times.

Host: Manveen Rana

Producers:

  • Hannah Varrall
  • Shabnam Grewal.

Further reading: https://www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/article/peter-sullivan-miscarriage-justice-07688bqc3

https://www.thetimes.com/article/3f659bf1-d713-437c-9bf3-03a5b65817f7 

Clips: Channel 4 News, Court of Appeal, Daily Express, BBC Crimewatch, Justice Committee 29 April 2025.

Photo: Merseyside Police.

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