·3 min read
Families of the Freshwater Five say that to be wrongly imprisoned for ten years for a crime you didn't commit should be something that never happens in a modern society and exposes a deep and serious flaw in the legal system
Joined5, December 2017
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·2 min read
Having served more than six years inside for a crime he has always insisted he did not commit, Scott Birtwistle, one of the so-called ‘Freshwater Five’, is fighting to clear his name.
·4 min read
The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) has refused to provide the Freshwater Five with evidence from the police files in their case, or add its backing to calls that the case needs to be heard again in the Court of Appeal.
