Leave to appeal denied - 11 March 05
We have yet again been let down by our British Justice System!
Below is a brief summary of the real reasons why our appeal was dismissed:
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Our original leave to appeal was denied in March 04.
Since then the supporters of Glyn Razzell have been working very hard appointing
new solicitors & a new expert who we are hoping will bring to light
new evidence to cast doubt over the forensic evidence given at trial.
Unfortunatley the Police have been less than helpful with essential information
and this has delayed our expert by months.
We were expecting to apply to the court later this year.
A month ago our original trial barrister wrote to the Court of Appeal without
our knowledge withdrawing any involvement in our forthcoming appeal, the
reasons behind this are still unknown.
This action then triggered the Court of Appeal to list our leave to appeal
hearing on the 01 March 05, months before it was due. Our new barrister
attended the hearing asking for an adjournment to give our expert time to
complete his report. The hearing was adjourned until the 11 March. Unfortunately
the Court of Appeal then took the very unreasonable approach that they wouldn't
wait for our new expert to complete his report & that the hearing had
to take place now, not surprisingly the appeal was rejected.
We find it totally unbelievable that our appeal court are forcing cases
to appeal before they are ready, knowing full well they will fail.
Once again our British Justice System has let us down, but this will does
not mean we will be giving up.
The only route now available to Glyn is through the CCRC (Criminal Cases
Review Commission) where they will be able to review the whole case &
review the new evidence we hope our expert will uncover. Unfortunatley the
current waiting list for a case to be looked at is 19 months!
Despite this recent blow, we are aware that most appeals that are eventually
successful are initially refused leave at this stage, examples include Sally
Clark, Sion Jenkins & the Birmingham Six.
The supporters of Glyn Razzell are determined to see justice done &
will carry on the fight.
