This article is relevant to AQA A2 Unit 4 (criminal law (offences against property) and tort, and concepts of law); and WJEC LA1 (understanding legal values, structures and processes).
In April 2016 the Court of Appeal set aside the rape conviction of footballer Ched Evans and ordered a retrial. The case was referred to the court by the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) on the basis that there was fresh evidence not considered at the original trial. One month later the CCRC declined to refer the case of Eddie Gilfolye to the Court of Appeal despite a large volume of undisclosed evidence supporting his defence. Gilfoyle served 18 years for the murder of his wife before being released in 2010. He has always protested his innocence.
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