HC Deb 01 November 1988 vol 139 c576W
Mr. Frank Field

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will report what progress has been made on the review of Dr. Paul Vickers' sentence.

Mr. John Patten

Dr. Vickers' solicitors submitted a long and detailed report on the medical evidence given at trial, suggesting that his conviction for murder is unsafe. This report is being considered in the light of a further report by a forensic pathologist.