{"id":243415,"date":"2025-05-13T15:04:51","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T14:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/merseyside-man-to-be-freed-after-38-years-in-prison-as-murder-conviction-overturned-itv-news\/"},"modified":"2025-05-13T15:04:51","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T14:04:51","slug":"merseyside-man-to-be-freed-after-38-years-in-prison-as-murder-conviction-overturned-itv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/merseyside-man-to-be-freed-after-38-years-in-prison-as-murder-conviction-overturned-itv-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Merseyside man to be freed after 38 years in prison as murder conviction overturned | ITV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/BK0M9z0c98w\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Merseyside man to be freed after 38 years in prison as murder conviction overturned | ITV News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BK0M9z0c98w\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>A Merseyside man has had his murder conviction overturned by the Court of Appeal after spending nearly four decades in prison, in what is now believed to be the longest miscarriage of justice involving a living inmate in British history.<\/p>\n<p>Peter Sullivan, 68, was jailed in 1987 for the murder of 21-year-old Diane Sindall, a florist and barmaid who was brutally attacked while walking to a petrol station in Bebington, Merseyside after her van broke down.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Sindall had been returning home from work when she was beaten to death and sexually assaulted, with her body left partially clothed and mutilated.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follows ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Merseyside man has had his murder conviction overturned by the Court of Appeal after spending nearly four decades in prison, in what is now believed to be the longest miscarriage of justice involving a living inmate in British history. 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