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A BIRMINGHAM Labour MP has backed demands for a full public inquiry into the deaths of three men in the city during the 2011 summer riots.
Shabana Mahmood described a report by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) into the deaths of the men as a “failure” which had brought the victims’ families no closer to justice.
Haroon Jahan and brothers Shazad Ali and Abdul Musavir were killed after being struck by a car as they tried to defend local businesses in the Winson Green area from looters on August 10 2011.
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
The heroism of the jury who defied prison and starvation conditions secured the absolute right of juries to deliver verdicts based on conscience — a convention which is now under attack, writes MAT COWARD
ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the government’s proposals to further limit the right of citizens to trial by jury
