At the third time of trying, Peter Sullivan will have his conviction reviewed at the Court of Appeal - almost 40 years after a jury unanimously found him guilty of killing a 21-year-old florist.
A man who has been in prison for more than 35 years for murder will have his conviction re-examined after DNA evidence emerged. Peter Sullivan was found guilty of killing Diane Sindall after she left work in Bebington, Merseyside in August 1986 and has been in prison since the following year. Sullivan, then 29, had spent the day drinking heavily after losing a darts match and went out armed with a crowbar.
The CCRC said Sullivan applied to the body in March 2021, citing concerns over police interviews, bitemark evidence given at his trial and the murder weapon. After consulting experts, the commission said DNA information from samples taken at the time of the offence formed a profile that did not match Sullivan. There may have been breaches of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, the CCRC added, as Sullivan was denied initial legal representation.
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