Investigators say a DNA profile does not match the man convicted of murdering Diane Sindall in 1986.
Peter Sullivan was convicted of beating young barmaid Diane Sindall to death in a "frenzied sexual attack"
Police said 21-year-old Miss Sindall left her blue Fiat van on Borough Road, Birkenhead, after it ran out of petrol and had been walking to an all night garage when she was attacked. His trial heard how he happened across Miss Sindall and struck her with a crowbar before dragging her into the alley and sexually assaulting her during a "frenzied" attack.
Sullivan initially denied any involvement and provided an alibi, but according to reports later gave a "confession", telling detectives he could not remember why he had done it because he was so drunk.Miss Sindall was dragged off Borough Road and attacked in this alley, where her partially clothed body was found 12 hours laterabout the veracity of bite mark evidence in criminal cases in recent years.
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