Who is Paul Denham and how long was he sentenced for killing Edward Weinmann?

LONDONER Paul Denham has spent much than 25 years down bars for murdering his wife's person Edward Weinmann successful LA successful 1995 — a transgression helium has ever denied.

Here's everything you request to cognize astir the case, which is featured successful Channel 5 existent transgression documentary The Wrong Man? 20 Years Behind Bars.

Who is Paul Denham?

Paul Denham was convicted of murdering Edward Weinmann successful Los Angeles successful 1995.

He grew up successful Eltham, southeast London, wherever helium was a promising creator astatine school.

Denham moved to the US successful 1994 to grow his sign-writing business.

Not agelong aft arriving successful the States, the London autochthonal joined his woman Dolores Legapsi, reportedly for a work visa.

Shortly aft the wedding, their location was burgled, and Denham bought a weapon for protection.

While she was inactive joined to Denham, Dolores was besides progressive with her erstwhile fellow Edward.

He was changeable dormant portion driving connected an LA freeway successful March 1995, with the gunshots seemingly fired from a moving vehicle.

This was the 2nd effort successful his life, arsenic Edward was besides changeable astatine portion sitting successful his car 2 months earlier, but the bullets missed their intended target.

Despite maintaining his innocence and claiming to person a coagulated alibi, Denham was sentenced to beingness without parole successful 1998 for the attempted execution and execution of Edward Weinmann.

At the clip of the shooting, Denham claims helium was successful San Francisco, astir 350 miles distant from the transgression scene.

Love triangle

Once constabulary recovered retired astir the emotion triangle, Denham became the premier suspect.

During the investigation, Denham was questioned by detectives helium described arsenic "rude and abusive".

Feeling mistreated, helium filed a ailment against the detectives, an enactment that helium believes contributed to his eventual conviction.

On The People's Commission For Integrity successful Criminal Justice's website, Paul said: "I was calved and raised successful London, England and I came to the US successful 1994.

"A twelvemonth later, a person of my ex-wife was killed successful Long Beach.

"I had an alibi, but instrumentality enforcement crushed it and manufactured mendacious grounds and offered mendacious testimony.

"I've been wrongly convicted since 1998, and proceed to combat successful the courts for my freedom."

He added: “In 1995 I submitted a police complaint against both investigating officers describing however they assaulted and threatened me. I then submitted a second.”

Evidence

The prosecution's lawsuit included forensic grounds related to a rotation of yellowish portion recovered astatine Denham's home.

This was claimed to lucifer portion connected a silencer recovered from the earlier effort connected Edward's life.

However, the timeline of this evidence's find and investigation has been questioned.

Fight for freedom

Ever since his conviction, Denham has been warring to beryllium his innocence.

In 2015, helium secured caller exonerating evidence, aboriginal filing a habeas corpus petition successful 2018.

However, according to Denham and his lawyer, Judge Laesecke failed to respond to the petition for implicit six years.

In 2021, Denham besides petitioned for a writ of mandate directing Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon to reappraisal his conviction.

Denham asserted that his condemnation resulted from mendacious grounds and concealment of exculpatory evidence.

However, helium remains successful situation implicit a 4th of a period later.

The Wrong Man? 20 Years Behind Bars

Channel 5 has made a true crime documentary examining Paul Denham's lawsuit called The Wrong Man? 20 Years Behind Bars.

Executive Producer Daniel Smith said: “Paul Denham’s communicative is high-stakes and complex, from the contested grounds astir the transgression itself to the prolonged entreaty to wide his name.

"In this documentary, we contiguous the facts and the disputes connected some sides and permission the assemblage to gully their ain conclusions.”

The Wrong Man? 20 Years Behind Bars volition beryllium broadcast connected Monday, January 21, 2025 astatine 10pm connected Channel 5.