This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament
Rejected petition Review Oliver Campbell's 25yr miscarriage of justice & help him get justice.
OLIVER CAMPBELL was convicted of the murder of a shopkeeper in 1990. He then served over 10yrs in prison. The evidence against him was a confession which he made to police officers, it must be borne in mind that due to an injury he suffered when he was four, he has severe learning difficulties.
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The BBC's Rough Justice did an in-depth programme on his case which revealed clearly that the conviction was unsafe.
During the course of the programme, another individual came forward to say that he was involved in the murder but that Oliver Campbell was not.
Despite the overwhelming quantity of evidence establishing doubt about Oliver Campbell's conviction, the CCRC to date have declined to refer his case back to the Court of Appeal, We request the Home Secretary assist in Oliver's case.
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