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22 July 1998 - Derek Bentley's case has ended after three days at the Court of Appeal. The case was expected to last 5 days, and Derek's supporters are still hoping for a good result. Christopher Craig was expected to give evidence during the hearing, but the defence team decided not to call him. Judgment is expected some time next week.
Derek Bentley was hanged on the 28th of January 1953, at the age of 19 and the above words appear on his grave stone. On the 30th of July 1998, the Appeal Court finally ruled (after 45 years of campaigning by his father, sister Iris and since Iris' death the previous year, by her daughter, Maria Bentley Dingwall), that his conviction was unsafe.
Autres informations. Derek William Bentley (° 30 juin 1933 - † 28 janvier 1953) était un jeune homme britannique, qui a été pendu à l'âge de 19 ans à la prison de Wandsworth par le bourreau Albert Pierrepoint, pour le meurtre d'un policier, que son complice avait commis à la suite d'un jugement extrêmement partial du juge Lord Chief ...
Derek Bentley was hanged in January 1953 The case of teenager Derek Bentley, hanged 44 years ago for murder, has been referred back to the Court of Appeal. The Criminal Cases Review Commission, set up earlier this year to investigate alleged miscarriages of justice, has decided to send the case back for the judges to reconsider.
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Derek Bentley was hanged in January 1953 The case of teenager Derek Bentley, hanged 44 years ago for murder, has been referred back to the Court of Appeal. The Criminal Cases Review Commission, set up earlier this year to investigate alleged miscarriages of justice, has decided to send the case back for the judges to reconsider.
Derek William Bentley (B), 19, and Christopher Craig (C), 16, attempted to burgle a warehouse. B carried a knife and a knuckle-duster, given to him by C, and C carried a gun. B was arrested, and while in the custody of the police he shouted “let him have it” to C, following which C entered into a gun fight with Police Constable Sidney Miles ...
