Ex-church warden jailed for life for murder of university lecturer has conviction quashed by Court of Appeal
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Ex-church warden jailed for life for murder of university lecturer has conviction quashed by Court of Appeal.
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A former church warden serving a life sentence for the killing of a university lecturer in Buckinghamshire has had his murder conviction overturned by the Court of Appeal.Three senior judges delivered their ruling today for the case of Benjamin Field, who was jailed for at least 36 years in 2019 after being found guilty of murdering 69-year-old Peter Farquhar.Lord Justice Edis, alongside Mr Justice Goose and Mr Justice Butcher, declared that the directions provided to the jury were "defective", and that jurors had "not been properly directed".A retrial has been ordered, though the Crown Prosecution Service may first pursue an appeal to the Supreme Court, where Field will remain imprisoned while any such appeal proceeds.
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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Field received a minimum 36-year prison term in 2019 following his conviction at Oxford Crown Court for murdering the 69-year-old in Maids Moreton.The prosecution's case alleged that Field had systematically administered tranquiliser...
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B: A former church warden serving a life sentence for the killing of a university lecturer in Buckinghamshire has had his murder conviction overturned by the Court of Appeal.Three senior judges delivered their ruling today for the case of Benjamin Field, who was jailed for at least 36 years in 2019 after being found guilty of murdering 69-year-old Peter Farquhar.Lord Justice Edis, alongside Mr Justice Goose and Mr Justice Butcher, declared that the directions provided to the jury were "defective", and that jurors had "not been properly directed".A retrial has been ordered, though the Crown Prosecution Service may first pursue an appeal to the Supreme Court, where Field will remain imprisoned while any such appeal proceeds.
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