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Eden Project boss gets driving ban quashed after being caught speeding SIX times in under four years

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Eden Project boss gets driving ban quashed after being caught speeding SIX times in less than four years Sir Tim Smit, 66, received a six-month ban under the totting up rule  He successfully appealed on the grounds of ‘exceptional hardship’ Smit is a diabetic who is shielding and said he is also responsible for driving … Read more

Up to 44 sub-postmasters are set to have convictions quashed by Court of Appeal

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Up to 44 sub-postmasters are set to have their convictions for fraud, theft and false accounting quashed by the Court of Appeal after the Post Office said it won’t contest their cases. The company today apologised for ‘historic failings’ which saw hundreds of employees wrongly sacked, forced to repay cash or wrongfully convicted – and … Read more

Birmingham woman has manslaughter conviction for stabbing partner 12 times quashed by Appeal Court

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Girlfriend’s conviction for killing her partner by stabbing him 12 times in frenzied knife attack is quashed by Appeal Court judges Olivia Labinjo-Halcrow stabbed Gary Cunningham 12 times in February 2019 Acquitted of murder but guilty of manslaughter at Birmingham Crown Court But Court of Appeal has quashed 18-year sentence concluding it to be ‘unsafe’ Judges said burden of … Read more

Police officers’ son has driving conviction quashed after killing two pedestrians in father’s Audi

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A teenager who knocked down and killed two people with his father’s Audi has had his conviction and jail sentence for driving while disqualified quashed. Max Coopey, 19, killed father-of-three Jason Imi, 48, and John Shackley, 61, as they were walking back from dinner in Ascot, Berkshire in August 2018. The boy, then aged 17, … Read more