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Stephen Downing worked for the local council as a gardener in the Bakewell cemetery where Wendy Sewell was murdered. He was 17 years old, with a reading age of an 11-year-old, when he was tried and found guilty of the murder of Sewell. He served 27 years in jail.
The 17-year-old cemetery groundskeeper, Stephen Downing, was the primary suspect. He told police that he had found Sewell lying on the ground, covered in blood, and that her blood got on his clothes because she shook her head.
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.
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.
Jan 26, 2017 · Don Hale is a journalist who helped to free Stephen Downing, one of Britain's most notorious miscarriages of justice. He also campaigned for Barry George and Ched Evans, and won an OBE for his work.
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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.
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Feb 27, 2003 · Still a suspect after 30 years. Since his release from prison, Stephen Downing has been able to walk through the streets of Bakewell a free man. In January last year the Court of Appeal decided...
