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Diane Sindall: Family of murder victim appeal for information after wrongful conviction
Diane Sindall's family seeks justice after wrongful conviction overturned; Crimestoppers offers £20,000 reward as police pursue new DNA leads for real killer.
- Sindall's family made a public appeal on Crimewatch Live on Monday March 9 to seek help after DNA evidence showed the wrongfully convicted man may be the killer, their first statement since the conviction was quashed.
- After fresh DNA testing last year, the Court of Appeal overturned Peter Sullivan's conviction, prompting Merseyside Police major crime unit to reopen the investigation in 2023.
- Forensic retesting found a mixed DNA profile on Ms Sindall's vest that includes DNA from an unknown male, with no match on the national database, as the National Crime Agency assists Merseyside Police.
- Appealing on Crimewatch Live today, Monday March 9, Detective Superintendent Rachel Wilson said that seeing the original Crimewatch reconstruction and being reminded of the facts could jog someone’s memory or encourage them to come forward with information.
- The family thanked supporters and urged members of the public to come forward, with a £20,000 reward offered via Crimestoppers for information leading to an arrest and conviction.
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Diane Sindall was killed in Birkenhead, Merseyside, in August 1986. The family of a woman murdered almost 40 years ago have urged people to come forward with information after DNA evidence showed the man believed to be her killer was wrongfully convicted. Diane Sindall, 21, was killed as she walked through Birkenhead in Wirral, Merseyside, in the early hours of August 2 1986. Peter Sullivan, 68, spent 38 years in prison for the killing before he…
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