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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.
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 faced police intimidation and death threats.
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Feb 8, 2001 · 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 conviction for...
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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.
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...
