A former labourer freed from prison after his murder conviction of 38 years was dramatically quashed has said he is 'not angry' or 'bitter' over his decades-long incarceration.
Peter Sullivan was jailed for the murder of young florist Diane Sindall, 21, in Birkenhead, Merseyside in 1986, but today three senior judges quashed his conviction after the Court of Appeal heard DNA evidence showed the killer was someone else.
They found in favour of the 68-year-old, who has learning difficulties, marking the longest miscarriage of justice in UK history.
Mr Sullivan, watching the hearing remotely from HMP Wakefield, sat with his arms folded over his chest as the three judges, led by Lord Justice Holroyde, announced their decision following a two-hour hearing.
Speaking afterwards, Mr Sullivan - who was aged 30 when he was sentenced for murder - said in a statement read out by his lawyer: 'I lost my liberty four decades ago over a crime I did not commit.
