A Cardiff man who served 11 years in prison for a crime he did not commit has passed a lie detector test.
Michael O’Brien, who was wrongfully convicted with Darren Hall and Ellis Sherwood for the 1987 murder of Cardiff newsagent Phillip Saunders, said he had taken the test because of the refusal of South Wales Police to give him an apology.
The Court of Appeal quashed the three men’s convictions after judges found serious flaws in the prosecution case.
Two years ago South Wales Police agreed to pay Mr O’Brien £300,000 in an out-of-court settlement of a civil case he was bringing against it for malicious prosecution.
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