Man in jail for nearly four decades for murder acquitted by London court

Finally, in London, the Court of Appeal nullified the 1987 murder conviction of Peter Sullivan on Tuesday.

Sullivan, aged 68, spent 38 years in prison for a crime he did not commit.

Sullivan was convicted for the rape and murder of a 21-year-old victim; however, recent DNA testing revealed that biological evidence from the crime scene did not match him.

The Criminal Cases Review Commission, an institute investigating potential miscarriages of justice, reopened the case in 2021.

After the court overturned the conviction, Sullivan wept but expressed no bitterness, saying, "The truth shall set you free."

The case is considered the longest-known miscarriage of justice in British history.