Peter Sullivan who has spent 38 years in jail for murder has conviction quashed
- Peter Sullivan, now 68, had his 38-year conviction for the 1986 murder of Diane Sindall quashed after new DNA evidence undermined his original conviction.
- Sullivan had always maintained his innocence, and new tests ordered by the Criminal Cases Review Commission revealed his DNA was not present on samples preserved from the crime scene.
- Merseyside Police have confirmed they are now investigating to identify who the new DNA profile belongs to, as there is currently no match on the national DNA database.
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Read Full ArticlePeter Sullivan murder conviction quashed after 38 years in jail – it would be a mistake to see his case as a bizarre one-off
Peter Sullivan has had his conviction for the murder of Diane Sindall quashed. He is not the Beast of Birkenhead. He is an innocent man who got ensnared in a malfunctioning system that then took 38 years to admit its mistake. He was wrongly convicted in 1987 for the brutal attack on the part-time pub worker. The 21-year-old was beaten to death and sexually assaulted as she walked home after a shift in Bebington, Merseyside. Sullivan is now 68 an…
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