The Shields' family home is a tall, Georgian, terraced house, just off the main route into the city centre as you drive into Liverpool. Before May 2005 it was unremarkable - just one house in a row that thousands of people passed by every day without noticing. That all changed after Michael Shields was jailed in Bulgaria for the attempted murder of a barman and the family home became the HQ for the campaign to have him freed, as he protested his innocence. Today it's a campaign set to continue after the justice secretary refused to pardon Shields. When the campaign started four years ago, the signs went up first. The then-teenager's face stared out at the street below - a huge banner with his image and the text "Free Michael" emblazoned across the front of the... [read full story]
