§ The Lord Chancellor has asked me to reply to your Question about when and where the appeals against sentence of the four women serving sentences for murder will be heard.
§ I am able to provide the following details:
§ Sara Elizabeth Thornton
§ The first appeal was refused on 29 July 1991. The case has been referred again by the Home Secretary and the court is awaiting fresh grounds of appeal.
§ Sharon Roberts
§ Leave to appeal has been granted. The date for the appeal has not yet been fixed.
§ Emma Claire Humphries
§ The appeal was heard on 29 and 30 June 1995. The judgment was delivered on 7 July 1995.
§ Josephine Smith
§ Leave to appeal was refused on 22 November 1994.