§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if, following the retrial and subsequent release of Kiranjit Ahluwalia, he will arrange for a similar process to apply in the cases of women victims of domestic violence currently in prison for killing their partner; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. JackI understand that Mrs. Ahluwalia was released following a retrial ordered by the Court of Appeal as a result of her original appeal to that court.
My right hon. and learned Friend had no involvement with any of these proceedings. He is always ready to consider representations that in a particular case there has been a miscarriage of justice, and to take such action as may be appropriate including, where something new appears to touch the safety of a conviction, using his power under section 17(1)(a) of the Criminal Appeal Act 1968 to refer a case to the Court of Appeal; but he has no plans to initiate a general review of the cases of women who have been imprisoned after conviction for the murder of their partner.