[1] Michael O'Brien, Darren Hall and Ellis Sherwood were arrested and spent 11 years in prison before being released.
Their conviction in 1988 was largely based on a confession made by Darren Hall that he had acted as a lookout for the others for a "robbery that went wrong.
"[1] In 1999, the Criminal Cases Review Commission ordered an appeal, during which the unreliability of Hall's "confession" was emphasised, on the basis that he was suffering from antisocial personality disorder at the time the statement was made, and had since retracted it.
[2] Despite this, O'Brien continued to call for a public inquiry, expressing disappointment at the lack of admission of liability on the part of the police force.
[2] O'Brien has also supported Jeremy Bamber, whom he met in prison and is convinced is another victim of a miscarriage of justice.