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George Davis Is Innocent" was a song on Sham 69's 1978 debut album Tell Us the Truth, and the song "The Cockney Kids Are Innocent" ends with a namecheck.

The report takes the form of an investigation of complaints against policemen in the case—an investigation commissioned by the Chief Constable of the Essex police. LinkedIn and 3rd parties use essential and non-essential cookies to provide, secure, analyze and improve our Services, and to show you relevant ads (including professional and job ads) on and off LinkedIn. The appeal was heard "explicitly on the basis that (Davis) has no expectation of compensation or other recognition. Nevertheless, there has been a continuing interest in the case, as the attendance for the debate shows, and it has been spearheaded, as my hon.

The period of official embargo on the release to the Public Record Office of official papers, related to the 1976 decision to free Davis, has now been extended by 20 years until 2026. We'd like to use additional cookies to remember your settings and understand how you use our services. Roger Daltrey of The Who went on stage in 1975 wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with "George Davis Is Innocent".

Although it subsequently became clear that evidence had by then become available to police, it was suppressed and this abuse of due process became one of the core allegations relied upon by those campaigning for the release of Davis. Friend that it is clear from the article in The Guardian, as I read it, that whatever document The Guardian thinks it has seen, it is not the Sills report. I assure him that this investigation will be carried out with diligence and that he will be made aware as soon as the result is received by the Home Office.

That is a nice, discreet, polite, diplomatic way of saying that the Essex police picked out the bits of evidence that suited them and ignored the bits that did not suit them—in other words, that they were not carrying out their duty of seeking the truth. George INCE: murder of Muriel PATIENCE on 8 November 1972 at Braintree, Essex, during the course of a robbery.

You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Friend but also to clear up certain misconceptions that arise, not only in this case but in other cases in which my right hon. However, I have read every word of the proceedings and I say that, innocent or not, George Ince should certainly not have been convicted on the evidence adduced against him at the trial and subsequently in the appeal, because the overwhelming bulk of that evidence rested upon identification carried out a few days later in the same place by the officers who, it is now known, did a crooked identification in the case of the Barn murder. On 8th April 1976 the then Home Secretary said that he could reopen the case on some new evidence or other consideration of substance—that is, some consideration other than new evidence.

George Davis (born 1941) [ citation needed] is an armed robber, born in Bletchley, [ citation needed] England and active in England.