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Stoke Heath prisoner found guilty of murdering his cellmate
A jury at Stafford Crown Court has convicted a prisoner of murdering Neil Ashby at HMP Stoke Heath, rejecting his claim that he was not guilty by reason of insanity.
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Law Commission proposes splitting murder into first and second degree
A consultation paper on homicide law suggests a three-tier structure of offences, but makes no proposals on Joint Enterprise, which the Commission says needs separate and urgent review.
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CCRC refers 2002 murder conviction to Court of Appeal over manslaughter verdict
The Criminal Cases Review Commission says a 2006 House of Lords ruling on alternative verdicts raises a real possibility that the murder conviction is unsafe.