I came across the following a few years ago. South Wales Echo, 24th February 2003, by STEVE EDWARDS, Chief Reporter.  "Plea for Driscoll may not succeed". Cardiff 1927, World War 1 veteran, Danny DRISCOLL, was charged with the murder of bookmaker, Dai LEWIS. He was tried, and found guilty and hanged in Cardiff Prison a year later. Since 1998 DRISCOLL'S nephew, Chris DRISCOLL, has been attempting to have the judgement referred to the Court of Appeal. It is held by lawyers engaged by Chris that the summing up of the judge in the case was biased and would not pass today's judiciary standards. Before he died, LEWIS had claimed, that the accused, Danny DRISCOLL had nothing to do with the fatal stabbing. However, Danny was convicted on the basis that he helped to hold the victim down. Prior to his execution, there was a campaign to bring a reprieve for DRISCOLL and 250,000 people signed a petition to the Home Office. Lawyers for Chris DRISCOLL now feel that the trial judge simply directed the Jury to convict Danny DRISCOLL in 1927 and they are requesting the the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) now review the guilty decision. Was this ever reviewed, and what was the outcome. ?  John Patrick

2003 is the latest news I can find about it too: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/2797267.stm John -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of J GRIFFITHS Sent: Monday, 23 November 2009 12:11 a.m. To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: [MON] DRISCOLL/O'DRISCOLL I came across the following a few years ago. South Wales Echo, 24th February 2003, by STEVE EDWARDS, Chief Reporter.  "Plea for Driscoll may not succeed". Cardiff 1927, World War 1 veteran, Danny DRISCOLL, was charged with the murder of bookmaker, Dai LEWIS. He was tried, and found guilty and hanged in Cardiff Prison a year later. Since 1998 DRISCOLL'S nephew, Chris DRISCOLL, has been attempting to have the judgement referred to the Court of Appeal. It is held by lawyers engaged by Chris that the summing up of the judge in the case was biased and would not pass today's judiciary standards. Before he died, LEWIS had claimed, that the accused, Danny DRISCOLL had nothing to do with the fatal stabbing. However, Danny was convicted on the basis that he helped to hold the victim down. Prior to his execution, there was a campaign to bring a reprieve for DRISCOLL and 250,000 people signed a petition to the Home Office. Lawyers for Chris DRISCOLL now feel that the trial judge simply directed the Jury to convict Danny DRISCOLL in 1927 and they are requesting the the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) now review the guilty decision. Was this ever reviewed, and what was the outcome. ?  John Patrick ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

There is a brief reference at the bottom of this article, which suggests there was no success in the review process: http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2009/09/13/top-lawyer-to-get-ac cused-out-of-africa-91466-24674449/ I have also checked the cases referred to the Criminal Cases Review Commission, and Driscoll's name does not appear. John ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message