Jeremy Bamber Forum
OFF TOPIC => General => Topic started by: Roch on August 16, 2023, 02:49:PM
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https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/aug/15/police-and-cps-had-key-dna-evidence-16-years-before-andrew-malkinson-cleared-of-rape
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2023/aug/09/helen-pitcher-should-resign-andrew-malkinson-calls-for-chair-of-ccrc-to-stand-down
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Pitcher has admitted that the CCRC should have requested non-disclosed evidence from the police. Bit late now.
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Malkinson said that evidence had to be handed to the CCRC on a platter.
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2023/jul/27/quashing-of-andrew-malkinsons-conviction-confirms-failings-of-criminal-review-watchdog
This is exactly the type of criticism from BR on CCRC Watch website.
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Evidence disclosure failures...
https://www.itv.com/news/granada/2023-08-07/mans-rape-conviction-unsafe-due-to-evidence-disclosure-failures-court-rules
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Former Solicitor General calls it 'jaw dropping'..
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2023/aug/16/former-solicitor-general-calls-for-public-inquiry-into-wrongful-conviction-of-andrew-malkinson
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"CCRC acted as a barrier to justice".
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/thousands-sign-petition-demanding-apology-27459749
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"CCRC acted as a barrier to justice".
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/thousands-sign-petition-demanding-apology-27459749
It is this that is the problem, Roch. The CCRC are "a barrier to justice" and it is by design. Sacking Pitcher would just be re-arranging the deckchairs on the Titanic, in my opinion. The problem is the CCRC, not Helen Pitcher who is simply the current face. The piece you linked from BR a few months ago about this case made the point well.
A charity and a few well meaning volunteers have achieved more than the CCRC, the body actually tasked with and given extraordinary powers to root out injustice.
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Former Solicitor General calls it 'jaw dropping'..
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2023/aug/16/former-solicitor-general-calls-for-public-inquiry-into-wrongful-conviction-of-andrew-malkinson
A public inquiry might well be the way forward. Many of the articles on this case are vague about the circumstances of the crime and I'm still unclear as to the exact nature of the exculpatory evidence police had 16 years ago.
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It is this that is the problem, Roch. The CCRC are "a barrier to justice" and it is by design. Sacking Pitcher would just be re-arranging the deckchairs on the Titanic, in my opinion. The problem is the CCRC, not Helen Pitcher who is simply the current face. The piece you linked from BR a few months ago about this case made the point well.
A charity and a few well meaning volunteers have achieved more than the CCRC, the body actually tasked with and given extraordinary powers to root out injustice.
I totally agree Gringo.
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She has resigned:
Pitcher said this afternoon that, like a former Post Office chairman, she had been made to take the rap for the failures of others. In her resignation letter, she told the justice secretary Shabana Mahmood that Mahmood’s predecessor, Alex Chalk KC, had chosen to scapegoat her at an early stage. “A head had to roll,” Pitcher said, “and I was chosen for that role.”
I do feel I have been scapegoated for entirely legitimate operational decisions that were not handled by any non-executive CCRC chair before I joined the organisation. The original rejection of Mr Malkinson’s appeal was almost a decade before my time: on my watch, armed with new DNA evidence which we commissioned, we were able to resolve the situation and set Mr Malkinson free…
Whilst wishing the organisation well, I worry it may prove extremely difficult to find a new chair prepared to take on this important role on the understanding that, like me, they will be held personally responsible for historical failures over which they will have had no say.
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Article by Joshua Rosenberg about it here.
https://open.substack.com/pub/rozenberg/p/ccrc-chair-resigns?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=4tvp4h
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She has resigned:
Pitcher said this afternoon that, like a former Post Office chairman, she had been made to take the rap for the failures of others. In her resignation letter, she told the justice secretary Shabana Mahmood that Mahmood’s predecessor, Alex Chalk KC, had chosen to scapegoat her at an early stage. “A head had to roll,” Pitcher said, “and I was chosen for that role.”
I do feel I have been scapegoated for entirely legitimate operational decisions that were not handled by any non-executive CCRC chair before I joined the organisation. The original rejection of Mr Malkinson’s appeal was almost a decade before my time: on my watch, armed with new DNA evidence which we commissioned, we were able to resolve the situation and set Mr Malkinson free…
Whilst wishing the organisation well, I worry it may prove extremely difficult to find a new chair prepared to take on this important role on the understanding that, like me, they will be held personally responsible for historical failures over which they will have had no say.
About time too.
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About time too.
NGB if I apply for the next CCRC chair role, will you be my reference?
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NGB if I apply for the next CCRC chair role, will you be my reference?
You would no doubt be a lot more effective than the last one!