Davis conviction overturned after 37-year battle

GEORGE DAVIS, who has spent decades denying his involvement in an armed robbery, won an appeal against his conviction in a British court yesterday.

Davis’s case became part of criminal folklore after he was jailed over a raid in April 1974 at the London Electricity Board (LEB) in Ilford, Essex.

Davis, now 69, has now had his convictions overturned in an appeal.