Belper News Article
The following article appeared on page 3 of the The Belper News (a weekly newspaper covering news in and around Belper, Derbyshire) on 15 February 2006. It was written by myself and relates to the case of Michael Brown who was jailed for murdering his stepfather, Derek Kinder:
Killer gets some high-profile assistance
Killer gets some high-profile assistance
THE killer of a Belper pensioner has secured the help of a high-profile solicitor in his bid to have the conviction overturned.
Michael Brown, 28, was found guilty of murdering his seventy-year-old stepfather Derek Kinder, whose remains were found in a Nottinghamshire river and also buried in a sallow grave at Ambergate.
At trial Brown alleged that loan sharks had carried out the crime after he had failed to repay money he had borrowed.
A jury at Nottingham Crown Court did not believe the account and delivered a unanimous guilty verdict.
However the well-respected Campbell Malone is now taking on the case of Brown who is serving a life sentence at Gartree Prison, Market Harborough.
In 1992 Malone secured the release of the high profile miscarriage of justice victim Stefan Kiszko, who was wrongly convicted of killing eleven-year-old Lesley Molseed.
Kiszko had served 16 years of a life sentence before new evidence convinced appeal judges that his conviction was unsafe.
Malone has agreed to represent Brown and is preparing a case for the Criminal cases Review Commission, which has the power to refer convictions to the Court of Appeal.
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