Crime | July 2, 2009, Thursday UK Justice Minister Jack Straw. Photo by timboucher.com UK Justice Secretary Jack Straw has refused an appeal for a pardon by jailed football fan Michael Shields. Shields was jailed for 15 years in Bulgaria in 2005 for the attempted murder of barman Martin Georgiev, who had a rock dropped on his head in Varna. His sentence was later reduced when he was transferred to a UK prison. Shields, like a number of Liverpool fans, had broken the journey home from Istanbul following Liverpool FC's European Cup victory in Turkey. In a provisional decision on Thursday, Straw was unable to conclude the 22-year-old was... [read full story]
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