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Two Witnesses Come Forward to Identify New Suspect in Kent Russell Murders
Two witnesses and family statements have prompted fresh DNA analysis as the CCRC reviews whether Michael Stone’s conviction may be unsafe.
- Two witnesses have identified Raymond Buck, from Folkestone, as a potential suspect in the 1996 hammer murders of Dr Lin Russell and her six-year-old daughter Megan near Canterbury, Kent.
- Michael Stone has spent 29 years in prison for the killings, though he has consistently maintained his innocence regarding the hammer attack that also left nine-year-old Josie Russell severely injured.
- Four family members described Buck as 'volatile, violent and frightening,' while a witness claims to have overheard him confess to killing three people on the day of the 1996 attack.
- The Criminal Cases Review Commission is conducting fresh DNA analysis on evidence, with Stone and a relative of Buck among those submitting samples to the watchdog this year.
- Solicitor Karen Todner called the alleged confession a 'major breakthrough' and stated that if DNA results exclude Stone, she will ask the CCRC to refer the case to the Court of Appeal.
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Two new witnesses name fresh suspect in Lin and Megan Russell murders 30 years on
Two witnesses have come forward to identify a new suspect in the 1996 hammer attacks that killed Lin Russell and her six‑year‑old daughter Megan…
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