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THE CAMPAIGN to expose the Establishment stich-up of the Shrewsbury pickets won influential support yesterday from deputy Labour leader Tom Watson.
Dogged Mr Watson has previously used his position as an MP to take on press barons over media standards and raise the alarm over the existence of a Westminster paedophile ring, winning independent inquiries in both cases.
Now he has backed demands for the government to throw open files which could overturn convictions against 24 building workers, including actor Ricky Tomlinson, relating to a 1972 builders’ strike over pay and safety.
The public inquiry is the result of more than a decade of determined campaigning. Now, those who fought for justice want the full story of government involvement and police conduct to be told, says KATE FLANNERY
Former judge ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the details and controversy of Lucy Letby’s trial and appeal in the context of famous historical wrongful convictions that prove both the justice system and legal activists make errors