A lawyer for a body representing footballers has likened convicted rapist Ched Evans to the Guildford Four as a fourth high-profile Sheffield United patron resigned over the ongoing row.

TV presenter Charlie Webster has resigned as a patron of Sheffield United after the club allowed former player and convicted rapist Ched Evans to return for training.

Sheffield United will allow convicted rapist Ched Evans to start training at his old club with immediate effect following a request from the Professional Footballers’ Association.

Convicted rapist Ched Evans has said he is “ashamed” of his actions – but expressed no remorse for his crime as he continues to protest his innocence.

FORMER Ulster Volunteer Force leader Gusty Spence has died, aged 78.

A member of Sinn Féin has said that the former loyalist paramilitary leader Gusty Spence was a "major influence" in loyalism's movement away from violence in the North.

Former Sinn Féin publicity director Danny Morrison today demanded the courts reveal why a conviction linking him to an IRA kidnap plot was dramatically overturned.

The conviction of an alleged IRA youth wing member is to be referred to the Court of Appeal amid question marks over his confession three decades ago, it was revealed today.

HUNDREDS of former IRA prisoners are to attempt to have their convictions overturned and claim compensation.

Hundreds of former IRA prisoners are to attempt to have their convictions overturned and claim compensation, it was revealed today.

BARRY George stood trial for a second time for Jill Dando’s murder after the Court of Appeal decided his conviction was “unsafe”.

A man convicted of falsely imprisoning a police informer in the North will bid to clear his name at the Court of Appeal, it was announced today.

CORK and Limerick relatives of Barry George who is accused of murdering TV presenter Jill Dando, will travel to the Old Bailey on June 3, when a retrial ordered by the court of appeal is due to commence.

BBC programme 'Rough Justice' is to be axed after 27 years, it emerged today.

THE case against Barry George for the murder of TV presenter Jill Dando remains compelling, the prosecution told three appeal judges in England yesterday.

THIS IS Barry George’s second appeal over a jury’s 2001 verdict that he shot 37-year-old BBC News, Crimewatch and Holiday presenter Jill Dando on the steps of her home in Fulham, south-west London, in April 1999.

The jury that convicted Barry George of murdering TV presenter Jill Dando was misled by a microscopic speck of gunfire residue of “zero” importance, three appeal judges were told today.

THE Irish relatives of the man jailed for the murder of British television presenter Jill Dando have expressed cautious hope that he will be freed on appeal next week.

THE man convicted of the murder of TV presenter Jill Dando was refused bail yesterday pending a second appeal in November.

The North has the highest level of quashed criminal convictions in the UK, it emerged today.

Hardman television sleuth Ray Winstone followed in the footsteps of real-life detectives to investigate a murder.

The Irish man convicted of the murder of TV presenter Jill Dando was today granted the right to a second appeal.

A decision will be announced today on whether to refer the case of the man convicted of killing Jill Dando to the Court of Appeal.

Caroline O’Doherty talks to the sister of the man convicted for Jill Dando’s murder.

A Sinn Féin Assembly member is to have his conviction for the murder of a policeman reviewed by the Court of Appeal, it emerged today.

A man who was wrongly jailed for murder at the age of 16 said his life had been ruined by the experience.

A man who served 25 years for the attempted murder of a nine-year-old boy had his conviction overturned by the British Court of Appeal today.

A MOTHER who claimed she was wrongly convicted of killing her two babies was freed after seven years in jail by the Court of Appeal in London yesterday.

A mother who claimed she was wrongly convicted of killing her two babies was freed by the British Court of Appeal today.

THE son of Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs said yesterday his father would go to the European Court of Human Rights within weeks after his case was dismissed in a British court.

Jonathan King has filed an application against his sex abuse convictions to the European Court of Human Rights.

A man who has spent 26 years in prison protesting his innocence of murder today had his conviction dramatically quashed by the Court of Appeal in the UK.

The murder conviction of Drogheda man James Hanratty, who was hanged 40 years ago protesting his innocence, was today upheld by the UK's Court of Appeal which ruled that DNA evidence established his guilt ‘‘beyond doubt’’.

Great train robber Ronnie Biggs today launched a British High Court battle over a refusal to refer his case back to the Court of Appeal.

The long-awaited appeal by Stephen Downing is being heard by three judges in London.

Ernest Saunders and three co-defendants convicted in the 1990 Guinness trial are to hear the result of the latest bid to clear their names.

The son of train robber Ronnie Biggs was today marking his 27th birthday with an appeal to the Home Secretary to reduce his father’s sentence on compassionate grounds.

The son of Ronnie Biggs is set to appeal to the Home Secretary to reduce his father's sentence on compassionate grounds.

Barry George's supporters say he is unlikely to succeed in any attempt to overturn his conviction for murdering Jill Dando.

The murder conviction of a former member of the Ulster Defence Regiment was today referred back to the Court of Appeal in the North for a third time.

The floodgates could be opened on a series of appeals by people convicted of terrorist offences in Northern Ireland more than 20 years ago following a decision by the Criminal Cases Review Commission, it has been claimed.

Stephen Downing, who was released after 27 years behind bars for a murder he claims he did not commit, says he may know who carried out the crime.

The conviction of Jack Lyons, one of the businessmen who stood trial over the Guinness share-fixing affair, has been referred to the Court of Appeal in the UK