Sam Hallam (born 1987), from Hoxton, London,[1] is one of the youngest victims of a UK miscarriage of justice after an appeal court quashed his murder conviction in 2012.
[4] May mounted a legal appeal for Hallam and arranged numerous events and media interviews to publicise the case.
[4] Directed by David Mercatali, the play used verbatim court transcripts, witness testimony and first-person interviews from the original case and ran at the King's Head Theatre Islington in February 2012.
[11] In May 2012 after only three hours hearing, the Crown Prosecution Service decided not to defend the conviction, and the three judges led by Lady Justice Hallett granted temporary bail.
[12] The next day, Hallam attended court with his mother, Wendy Cohen, to hear his murder conviction formally overturned.