HC Deb 25 November 1996 vol 286 cc82-3W
Mr. Mullin

To 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]

The Solicitor-General

I 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