§ Mr. MullinTo ask the Attorney-General if he will list, with dates and charges, the 27 people whose convictions have been quashed as a result of discredited evidence from the West Midland serious crime squad. [4508]
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The Solicitor-GeneralI have taken the hon. Member's question to relate to those cases detailed in the two written answers given to the hon. Member by my right hon. and learned Friend the Attorney-General on 16 February 1994,Official Report, column 782.
A revised list incorporating the outcome of those appeals which were pending before the Court of Appeal on 16 February 1994 is shown:
Name Offence Date Hassan Khan Robbery 23 February 1990 John Edwards Robbery 2 November 1990 Constantine Wellington Robbery 25 March 1990 Geoffrey Cheetham Conspiracy to rob 30 July 1992 Ronald T. Gall Assault occasioning actual bodily harm 14 January 1992 Gerard Gall Robbery 14 January 1992 Valentine P. Cooke Robbery 14 January 1992 Robert Haughton Conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm 14 May 1992 Delroy Hare Robbery 19 May 1992 Michael T. Bromell Unlawful wounding 22 June 1992 Gary M. Binham Theft 28 January 1993 Leslie B. Horobin Robbery 1 April 1993 Kevin Wilcox Robbery 1 April 1993 Raymond Fryer Robbery 1 April 1993 Adolphus Francis Robbery 27 April 1993 Elvis Jeffers Robbery 27 April 1993 Paul R. Lindo Grievous bodily harm 12 October 1993 George A. Hinds Theft 12 December 1993 Patrick Smith Robbery 20 January 1994 Seymour Williams Robbery 20 January 1994 Sing Gill Tarlochan (previously listed as Tannochan) Murder 27 January 1994 George G. Lewis Robbery 4 January 1994 A Rasheed Manslaughter 17 May 1994 Anthony Jones Conspiracy to rob 29 July 1994 Martin Foran Conspiracy to rob 24 February 1995 Trevor McCalla Robbery 16 October 1995 Roy Meads Robbery 29 January 1996