§ Mr. LidingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what action he plans to take following the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Rowe and Davis. [111495]
§ Mr. Mike O'BrienThe powers of the Home Secretary to refer alleged miscarriages of justice to the Court of Appeal were replaced in 1997 by new powers vested in the Criminal Cases Review Commission, which is now responsible for the investigation of cases of alleged wrongful conviction. The Commission referred the cases of Rowe and Davis to the Court of Appeal on 7 April 1999, in the exercise of its powers under section 9 of the Criminal Appeal Act 1995. It will be for the Court to decide in due course whether their convictions should be quashed.
§ Mr. LidingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what action he plans to take following the judgment of the House of Lords in the case of Rowe and Davis. [111494]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeMichael Davis and Raphael Rowe were convicted, on 26 February 1990, of murder, assault occasioning actual bodily harm and three counts of robbery. Their appeal against conviction was dismissed by the Court of Appeal on 29 July 1993, and an application to the Court of Appeal for leave to appeal to the House of Lords was refused on 30 September 1993. However, the Criminal Cases Review Commission referred their cases to the Court of Appeal on 7 April 1999, in the exercise of its powers under section 9 of the Criminal Appeal Act 1995. It will be for the Court to decide in due course whether their convictions should be quashed.