Freed, the Man Who Spent 27 Years in Prison for a Murder He Didn't Commit S1 [Scot Region]
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A MENTALLY-ILL man who spent 27 years in jail for a murder he did not commit was finally freed yesterday.
As 57-year-old Sean Hodgson declared himself ecstatic at the quashing of his conviction, it emerged that he could have been released ten years ago had it not been for further mistakes, this time by the Forensic Science Service.See the full content of this document
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Freed, the Man Who Spent 27 Years in Prison for a Murder He Didn't Commit S1 [Scot Region]
Mr Hodgson was jailed after confessing to the 1979 murder of 22- year-old barmaid Teresa de Simone in Southampton.
At the trial he was said by his own defence to be a pathological liar.His conviction came in the days before DNA evidence.But it was such evidence left at the scene ...See the full content of this document
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