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After 46 years the Shrewsbury pickets have a chance to clear their names
The notorious case of the jailing of six striking building workers in 1973 has finally been referred to the Court of Appeal following a long campaign battle. EILEEN TURNBULL reports
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“SOME will think this has not been the commission’s finest hour.”
This was the comment of chair of the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) Helen Pitcher in its press release on March 4 2020 announcing that, after eight years, it was now referring the Shrewsbury pickets’ case to the Court of Appeal.
Terry Renshaw, convicted picket, was delighted: “I have been campaigning for over 14 years to clear our names. It was the proudest day of my life to be able to speak with my fellow pickets and let them know that we were now going to the Court of Appeal.”
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