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  1. In 1974, 17-year-old Stephen Downing was convicted of murdering Wendy Sewell, a 32-year-old legal secretary, in the town of Bakewell in the Peak District in Derbyshire. Following a campaign by a local newspaper led by Don Hale, in which Sewell was purported to be promiscuous, Downing's conviction was overturned in 2002.

  2. Stephen Downing case. involved the conviction and imprisonment in 1974 of a 17-year-old council worker, Stephen Downing, for the murder of a 32 year old legal secretary, Wendy Sewell, in the village of Bakewell in the Peak District. Following a campaign by a local newspaper, his conviction was overturned in 2002, after Downing had served 27 ...

  3. Jan 15, 2014 · Stephen Downing was wrongly convicted of killing Wendy Sewell in 1973, but his case was reopened in 2002 and his conviction was quashed. A retired police officer claims he found a pathology report that shows she was strangled, which was not presented at the trial.

  4. Feb 8, 2001 · Thu 8 Feb 2001 03.31 EST. Stephen Downing, who supporters claim is the victim of Britain's longest-running miscarriage of justice, was freed on bail yesterday with the expectation that his...

  5. Stephen Downing, a man with learning difficulties, was wrongly convicted of murdering a legal secretary in 1973. He has been denied parole for decades, but now his case may be referred to the Court of Appeal after new evidence emerged.

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  7. Stephen Downing was wrongfully convicted of murder in 1973 and spent 27 years in prison. He was exonerated in 2001 based on new evidence that challenged the forensic and confession evidence against him.

  8. Jun 1, 2002 · Stephen Downing fell for the woman who backed his stand against wrongful conviction for murder. But now he feels betrayed and says she's a gold-digger, reports Amelia Hill. Amelia Hill. Sat 1...

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