Diane Sindall, 21, was killed with a crowbar in August 1986 after she left her part-time job as a barmaid in Bebington, Merseyside.
A convicted murderer known as 'The Wolfman' who has served nearly 40 years in prison after a bride-to-be was beaten to death could get a retrial after his conviction was referred to the Court of Appeal.
The unemployed-father-of-one had spent the day drinking heavily after losing a darts match at the Crown Hotel, before a chance encounter with Ms Sindall as she walked to a petrol station when her blue Fiat van ran out of petrol, the Liverpool Echo reports. In a statement the CCRC told The Mirror: 'Mr Sullivan applied to the Criminal Cases Review Commission in March 2021 raising concerns about his interviews by the police, bitemark evidence presented in his trial, and what was said to be the murder weapon.
Sullivan applied to the body to have his case re-examined in 2021, raising concerns about police interviews, bite mark evidence and the murder weapon.The CCRC added that there was evidence suggesting there were breaches in the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 over police interviews, as he was not given an appropriate adult and was initially denied legal representation.
In September 1987, the Liverpool Echo reported Prosecutor Mr Andrew Rankin QC said: 'The defendant caused those bite marks -he murdered Diane Sindall beyond argument. That is how important the evidence of bite marks is.
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