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Apology casts new doubt over Eddie Gilfoyle’s conviction for wife murder

originally published by: Times Online
12th June 2010

Dominic Grieve, the Attorney-General, has apologised after Parliament was given wrong information about a prisoner who has spent 18 years denying that he murdered his wife and faked her suicide.

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has also given an apology to Vera Baird, the former Solicitor-General, for drafting a deficient answer when she told MPs about Eddie Gilfoyle.

Gilfoyle is serving a life sentence for the murder of his pregnant wife, Paula, who died in Upton, Wirral, in June 1992. At his trial the prosecution said that he hanged her after dictating a suicide note.

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26 May 201016 December 2022 4WardEverUK

Aiyana Jones killing turns spotlight on a nation hooked on reality TV

originally published by: Times Online
22nd May 2010

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When police scooped up the limp body of Aiyana Jones last Sunday night they promised her father that she would be all right. They were wrong. She was pronounced dead on arrival at hospital, the victim of a police Swat team being filmed for a reality TV show.

Miss Jones went to sleep for the last time under the front window of her parents’ flat on Detroit’s violent and impoverished east side. A police bullet killed her later that night. The porch outside is now festooned with flowers, teddy bears and “you will be missed” balloons.

26 May 201016 December 2022 4WardEverUK

Clegg does u-turn on McKinnon extradition

originally published by: THINQ.co.uk
26th May 2010

In a dramatic U-turn, Nick Clegg yesterday said the Government may have no power to prevent the extradition of hacker Gary McKinnon to the US.

The Liberal Democrat leader’s comments came in a radio interview on Five Live. It’s the first time Clegg has waded in on the case since becoming Deputy Prime Minister at the recent general election.

His comments came as a shock to supporters of the computer hacker, who had been heartened by the recent adjournment of extradition hearings.