I was sentenced to life behind bars for a murder I didn’t commit 34 years ago…but the true killer is still out there

A MAN wrongly jailed for execution earlier having his condemnation overturned aft 34 years says helium won't person justness until the existent slayer is caught.

Oliver Campbell, 54, was a teen erstwhile helium was jailed for shooting Baldev Hoondle successful the backmost of the caput successful Hackney, eastbound London successful 1990.

He was arrested implicit the fatal shooting, which happened during an off-licence robbery, and interviewed without a lawyer.

The teen - who had suffered a terrible encephalon wounded arsenic an eight-month-old babe - was pressed by cops into making a mendacious execution confession.

Aged conscionable 19, Mr Cambell was jailed for beingness successful 1991 aft helium was convicted of murder and robbery.

His person Eric Samuels was recovered blameworthy of lone the robbery pursuing a proceedings astatine the Old Bailey.

He had adjacent told constabulary his accomplice was called Harvey and that Mr Campbell was not involved.

Judges yet ruled earlier this period his condemnation was "unsafe" putting an extremity to 1 of Britain's longest miscarriages of justice.

He told the MailOnline: "It's disgusting what definite radical said and did successful 1991, knowing they stitched up an guiltless person...

"I knew from time 1 it wasn't me... It should not person gone this far. I've mislaid religion successful the full transgression justness system."

Campbell added that authorities person "egg connected their face, but it's not my problem" and said his conscience has "always been clear".

"I cognize I tin spell to furniture smiling, it hasn't crushed maine down, it's made maine stronger."

However, helium said helium volition ne'er genuinely consciousness "free" until the existent murderer is captured, adding that helium feels for the household of the unfortunate who indispensable proceed to hold for justice.

LIFE UNDER RESTRICTIONS

Campbell was freed connected licence successful 2002 but had to unrecorded nether restrictions which meant helium needed support to get a job.

He was besides blocked from travelling overseas and lived with the menace of being hauled backmost to prison astatine immoderate time.

But the Court of Appeal connected September 11 overturned his condemnation connected the ground that it was "unsafe".

Speaking extracurricular court, Campbell said: "The combat for justness is yet implicit aft astir 34 years. I tin commencement my beingness an guiltless man."

Campbell's lawsuit was referred to judges by the Criminal Cases Review Commission successful 2022.

He had mislaid his archetypal entreaty and had a erstwhile exertion for entreaty turned down by the Criminal Cases Review Commission.

Barristers told the tribunal successful February that "compelling" caller grounds proved Campbell "cannot be" the killer.

In their ruling, the 3 judges presiding said they had "concluded that the convictions are unsafe".

They said: "We judge that, considered successful the airy of the caller evidence, the rulings mightiness beryllium different.

"A assemblage knowing of the caller grounds would beryllium considering the reliability of those confessions successful a materially antithetic context.

"In those circumstances, we cannot accidental that the caller grounds could not reasonably person affected the determination of the assemblage to convict."

'PRISONER OF THE SYSTEM'

Campbell's lawyers said his proceedings assemblage was not told the afloat grade of his mental health issues.

The assemblage did not perceive grounds that different antheral had been named arsenic the gunman.

Cops recovered a chapeau belonging to Campbell astatine the country of the execution successful Hackney.

Campbell admitted the chapeau was his - but said it had been taken disconnected him respective days earlier the robbery.

The chapeau contained hairs, but nary of them was a DNA lucifer for Campbell.

The gunman was said to beryllium right-handed, portion Campbell is left-handed.

Campbell was pressed into confessing without a lawyer oregon due big present.

Before the decision, helium told Sky News: "I was nether constabulary pressure, nether duress.

"It was similar idiosyncratic putting you successful a country and there's nary mode retired of it. I felt vulnerable, 100%.

"If they had done their homework they would person realised I was wrongly arrested, wrongly convicted and wrongly jailed."