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Convicted killer could be freed Court quashes murder conviction
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A convicted murderer who has spent eight years in prison could have his conviction quashed later. A man who spent eight years in prison after being convicted of murder has won his appeal against conviction.
Ian Lawless, 47, was jailed for life in 2002 after confessing to the murder of retired sea captain Alf Wilkins on the Yarborough estate in Grimsby.Ian Lawless, 47, was jailed for life in 2002 after confessing to the murder of retired sea captain Alf Wilkins on the Yarborough estate in Grimsby.
Lawless's solicitors will tell the Court of Appeal that the confession was unreliable because of his medical condition at the time. Mr Lawless's solicitors told the Court of Appeal that the confession was unreliable because of his medical condition at the time.
The Crown Prosecution Service has said it will not resist the appeal. The Crown Prosecution Service said it would not contest the appeal.
Lawless and another man were convicted of firebombing Mr Wilkins's flat after wrongly suspecting him of being a paedophile. Mr Lawless and another man were convicted of firebombing Mr Wilkins's flat after wrongly suspecting him of being a paedophile.
The former tugboat skipper's body was found in the kitchen of his smoke-damaged flat with his 12-year-old black Alsatian dog Lucky lying nearby.The former tugboat skipper's body was found in the kitchen of his smoke-damaged flat with his 12-year-old black Alsatian dog Lucky lying nearby.