Man has 1975 murder conviction quashed

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.

Man has 1975 murder conviction quashed

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.

Frank Johnson, 66, has always maintained that he did not murder shopkeeper Jack Sheridan by setting him ablaze in east London in February 1975.

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