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Jul 3 2009 by Greg O'Keeffe, Liverpool Echo Tell me face to face why you won’t pardon Michael THE EYE witness who insists Michael Shields is innocent of attempted murder today demanded a face-to-face meeting with Jack Straw. Speaking hours after the justice secretary dashed the 22-year-old Liverpool fan’s hopes of a pardon, the Merseyside man appealed for a personal audience with the minister. The father-of-two, who saw the paving slab attack on a Bulgarian waiter, for which Michael was sentenced to 15 years, said: “I’m devastated. “I feel worse now than when Michael was originally convicted. I saw what happened clearly and I know that not only is Michael innocent – he wasn’t even there. “I was hoping the Government would finally end this miscarriage of justice yesterday, but instead they're keeping Michael in prison. It’s... [read full story]
Isabel Oakeshott and Steven Swinford JACK STRAW is preparing to draw up proposals for wholesale reform of England’s libel laws, after a long-running Sunday Times campaign. The huge payouts awarded to individuals who...
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