Justice for Gary Critchley

Posted this on politicalworld a while back, want to remind you all...

http://www.politicalworld.org/showthread.php?p=215036#post215036







A friend of mine in Birmingham brought this to my attention. It concerns the case of a man called Gary Critchley , a young man whom was convicted on what was very much circumstantial evidence. As a young man he was a committed socialist and was kicked out of school for organising a mass walk out of students whom were seeking better rights. Over the years he dabbled in drugs but it is what happened to him one night that alarms me. He was found with bludgeon marks from a hammer and a broken back in a squat or outside a squat in London while another man upstairs had been attacked thirty times with a hammer. To make a long story short Gary Critchley was convicted of the murder even though there was none of the victims blood on both his person and on his clothing and the evidence used to convict him was circumstantial to say the least as they bolloxed up the forensics (apologies for the language but this is something I feel strongly about). A parole hearing has rejected his appeal in 1982 and a judge recommended he serve 7 to 8 years. 30 years on this man is still in jail "at her majesties pleasure" . This is one of the victims of society that has fallen through the cracks. Would ask people if they could share this with friends or make it known to others.


http://www.justiceforgarycritchley.org/