Co-Director of APPEAL and Plymouth Argyle fan. Author of Charged - How the Police Try to Suppress Protest Tweeting in a personal capacity.
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Charged - How the Police Try to Suppress Protest. @VersoBooks
by myself and @moraglivingst
versobooks.com/books/3977-ch…
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The Guardian commissioned a forensic biologist to examine the bloodstain patterns from the crime scene at White House Farm. Her findings suggest that Jeremy Bamber's sister Sheila took her own life with the rifle
theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-i…
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New #Spycops documentary on former Tory councillor Andy Coles. In early 90s he was a married 32 year old cop infiltrating animal rights campaigns when he exploited ‘Jessica’, then a teenage activist, for sex and cover. His actions were an abuse of power.
bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0…
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People wrongly convicted of crimes can spend decades fighting to prove their innocence.
Trew’s Law would give them a fairer route to justice.
We’ve now hit 25,000 signatures - keep sharing Trew’s Law!
@APPEALcharity_
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The Guildford Four were released on this day 1989.
They spent 15 years in prison for something they didn’t do.
Their only crime was being Irish.
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This Wednesday sees the launch of a new #spycops documentary on iPlayer, which follows my friend Jessica on her long fight for the truth about undercover cop, Tory councillor and sex pest, Andy Coles (who was outed by his brother Reverend Richard Coles)
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@Mellor76 investigates wrongful convictions in the new Crime+Investigation documentary series Convictions Gone Bad, meeting people whose lives have been changed by miscarriages of justice.
The case of APPEAL client Andy Malkinson features in episode 2.
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For the last 14 years I listened to people calling me guilty. For the last year I listened to people saying I was not exonerated and we won on a technicality. Well Friday changed that. The case in law we were subjected to was so egregious it could not even withstand a guilty plea
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Paul Foot on Jeffrey Archer kmflett.blog/2026/10/06/paul…
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⚖️ Want to use your legal expertise to challenge miscarriages of justice?
APPEAL is hiring a Barrister/Solicitor.
💷 £52–60k
📍 London | Full-time
🤝 Secondment opportunities
🌱 Training & professional development
Apply by 30 Oct 2026 👇
appeal.org.uk/barrister_soli…
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Another significant day in righting a major miscarriage of justice.
The Court of Appeal’s decision to quash five more Libor trader convictions confirms what we have said for years: these prosecutions were fundamentally flawed.
Individual traders were cast as scapegoats to appease public anger and turn focus away from the failings of the banks and the government.
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm4g…
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📢 Join us this November for the @CrimApLawAssoc /APPEAL Conference.
Bringing together lawyers, campaigners, journalists & those who have challenged wrongful convictions to discuss miscarriages of justice and how we can drive change.
🎟️ Book your place: appeal.org.uk/cala-appeal-co…
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TREW'S LAW. The case for automatic review of imprisoned police officers' files for miscarriage of justice.
I've just signed this petition. Will you add your name and share too?
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitio…
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‘Defending Dissent’ - public meeting for Rajiv Menon KC on 20 October 2026 at Unison Centre, London.
Speakers include: Baroness Helena Kennedy KC, Andrea Egan, General Secretary of UNISON and members of the Hillsborough Families Campaign.
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What if a police officer is imprisoned, but no one goes back and reviews the cases they worked on?
Our new animation explains the problem, and how Trew’s Law could change that.
appeal.org.uk/trews-law/
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Very good @MattFoot2 article on the Court of Appeal's grudging reluctance to rectify miscarriages of justice. Malkinson, Plummer, Sullivan ..... Will Letby be added to that list? lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n17/…
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What happens when the Court of Appeal corrects a miscarriage of justice — but refuses to examine how it happened?
Read @MattFoot2's article in the London Review of Books: lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n17/…
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This is why we need Trew's Law.
Christopher Poulter & Kevin Biggs have finally had their convictions quashed - 50 years after they were convicted on evidence from a corrupt officer.
How many more people must spend decades fighting to uncover the truth?
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwnv…
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Two more convictions linked to the corrupt police officer Derek Ridgewell were quashed today by the Court of Appeal. It should not take decades to get justice.
That's why we're campaigning with Winston Trew for Trew's Law.
➡️ appeal.org.uk/trews-law
NEWS: Two men convicted of theft half a century ago have had their convictions quashed by the Court of Appeal, after the CCRC found a real possibility the convictions were unsafe due to the role played by discredited officer Derek Ridgewell.
Read more 👉ccrc.gov.uk/news/two-convict…
