Police have issued summonses for three people to appear in court, in connection with one of the country’s worst miscarriages of justice.Good. Because cops and lawyers who stitch people up need to be treated like the criminals they are. And maybe a few prosecutions of corrupt cops will help ensure there are fewer of them in future.After a two-year police investigation, The Post understands police issued summonses and executed search warrants this morning, for three people involved with the conviction of Alan Hall for murdering Arthur Easton in 1985.
The three are due to appear in court next month.
Friday, August 23, 2024
Justice for Alan Hall?
In June 2022 the Supreme Court quashed Alan hall's conviction for murder. Along the way, they found that the case against him - built on coercive and oppressive interviews, doctored witness statements, and exculpatory evidence concealed from the defence - was so bas that as to be the result of "extreme incompetence or of a deliberate and wrongful strategy to secure conviction". Following the quashing, the Solicitor-General announced an investigation into the crown lawyers involved in the case. And now, it seems there might finally be some justice for their wrongdoing: