Excerpt from Sandra Lean’s ‘thesis’ beginning from page 258
”The discovery that not only their own legal teams, but appeal court judges and other authorities, may be making deals behind the scenes, was a source of deep distress and resentment for some families. In some cases, it was a trade off of evidential issues, whereas in others, agreements regarding procedural issues were taken with the full knowledge of the defence team, but without reference to the convicted person or their family members;
“As far as I know, there was an agreement that, should it be found that the trial was not legitimate, you know, that the evidence was all wrong, he would get a re-trial, not his freedom. So that was the agreement and that was what happened. They sent him back to prison to wait for his re-trial... what I didn‟t realise was the amount of collusion going on between the authorities and his legal team ...there was this multi-agency organisation that wanted to put *** under their eye if he was released... his legal team had obviously been liaising with the police...‟
(family member, accused convicted, acquitted at re-trial after serving 8 years)
Although this person was cleared at re-trial, an arrangement had been made behind the scenes to place him on probation, and under surveillance (even though, legally, on acquittal, he had the right to be presumed innocent), and his own legal team had arranged for him to be taken away to a bail hostel on his release, without informing either the client or his family that they were doing so.
👆🏽Fantasist and innocence fraudster Michelle Diskin Bates
“even though, legally, on acquittal, he had the right to be presumed innocent” ~ Sandra Lean
No he didn’t!
Jill Dando’s killer never proved his actual, factual innocence following his first trial - ‘legally’ he failed to undermine all the evidence which led to his conviction
“Although this person was cleared at re-trial” ~ Sandra Lean
Wrong again!
He wasn’t ‘cleared at re-trial’ he was found not guilty!
Murderer, serial stalker and sexual predator Barry George still posed/poses a dangerous risk to women, hence the need for MAPPA restrictions