Man who served 25 years sees conviction overturned

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.

Paul Blackburn, now 41, from Warrington, Cheshire, who was aged 15 when he was found guilty by a jury 27 years ago, was present in the London courtroom to hear three judges declare his December 1978 conviction “unsafe”.