'The man in jail for killing my brother didn't do it – it's an insult to fairness'

Family of Robert Darby importune Jason Moore did not stab him to decease arsenic they run for his release, branding the condemnation an 'insult to crushed and fairness'

The household of a antheral stabbed to decease 20 years agone person said the "wrong antheral is successful prison" for his murder.

Jason Moore is serving a beingness condemnation for the 2005 knifing of Robert Darby successful Ilford, East London. But Robert's household importune Moore did not perpetrate the crime. The Criminal Cases Review Commission is understood to beryllium considering whether the lawsuit should beryllium referred to the Court of Appeal. Mr Moore's sister Kirstie Moore claims a cardinal witness, who primitively said they saw the murder, present says they did not.

On Monday, Robert's household wrote an unfastened missive to the CCRC, the Prime Minister and the Justice Secretary and said: "This condemnation is an insult to crushed and fairness, and each time the Criminal Cases Review Commission delays enactment deepens this failure. Jason Moore continues to endure successful situation for Robert's decease - a transgression idiosyncratic other committed."

The letter, written connected behalf of the household by Robert's member Tim, added: "The CCRC has already failed once, and this cannot hap again. Recent cases person exposed superior flaws successful the system, and Jason Moore cannot beryllium different unfortunate of its failures." It comes aft the seat of the CCRC, Helen Pitcher, resigned past week successful the aftermath of disapproval implicit failings successful the lawsuit of Andrew Malkinson which saw him walk 17 years successful jailhouse for a rape helium did not commit. Moore was fixed a beingness condemnation with a minimum of 18 years.

Moore, present 54, admitted Robert, 42, had threatened him and that helium had been astatine the car parkland of the Valentine pub successful Gants Hill, Ilford, astatine the clip of the murder. But helium insisted helium was successful a car erstwhile the stabbing took place. After the trial, Tim, 64, teamed up with Kirstie, 52, arsenic she started gathering information. Moore's lawsuit was rejected by the Court of Appeal successful 2017 and the Criminal Case Review Commission refused to reconsider his condemnation successful 2023.

Now a witnesser to the sidesplitting has admitted helium had been drinking astatine the clip of the incident, Kirstie says. The witnesser picked Moore retired of a photograph ID parade 7 years aft the murder, successful 2012. But helium claims helium told constabulary helium had been drinking erstwhile helium saw the stabbing, the Romford Recorder has reported. This was ne'er mentioned successful tribunal oregon disclosed to the defence, Moore's ineligible squad insist.

Kirstie said previously: "For the past 9 years, my member has been locked up for a transgression helium did not commit. There was nary forensic oregon CCTV grounds indicating Jason's guilt. All the constabulary had was an unreliable eyewitness whose patchy relationship of what happened extracurricular the Valentine successful Perth Road connected August 24, 2005, was riven with disorder and contradictions." It has besides emerged that a pathologist whose findings were presented successful tribunal had been struck disconnected for "serious misconduct" earlier the proceedings began. The assemblage was not told of this.

Tim told the Mirror past year: "The killer's inactive retired determination - walking astir knowing helium did it." The Met Police said: "We volition measure immoderate caller information. This probe remains closed, but should circumstances alteration we volition measure them." Moore's co-accused, Martin Power, 47 astatine the time, was acquitted.