Peter Sullivan is serving a life sentence for the murder of Diane Sindall
A man who has spent 37 years in prison for horrifically beating a bride-to-be to death has had his case referred back to the Court of Appeal due to new DNA evidence. Wirral man Peter Sullivan was dubbed the 'beast of Birkenhead ' after he was convicted of murdering barmaid Diane Sindall in an alleyway on August 1 1986. Sullivan was 30 when he was found guilty by a jury in November the following year and handed a life term.
' Before the days of CCTV, police had to turn to an appeal on the BBC Crimewatch programme and it was only after an eight-week murder hunt that Sullivan was arrested. Sullivan was hauled before Liverpool Crown Court for trial , where jurors heard horrific details about how Ms Sindall had been beaten with a crowbar before being dragged to the alleyway and sexually assaulted during a 'frenzied attack'.
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