He said: "It basically expresses the House of Commons' concern that Christy has been convicted of a crime he hasn't committed, identifying this as a
miscarriage of justice, and calling to attention the lack of any forensic evidence in the case that connects Christy with the murder."
"We hope the Supreme Court will give the wider definition of
miscarriage of justice. Andrew has had a difficult year, this legal battle has been a long one for him."
Solicitor Robin Makin, who represented Mr Kelly, said the
miscarriage of justice was "an indictment of an appalling justice system".
The DNA matched a sample provided by Hanratty's brother Michael, meaning there is only a one-in-a-billion chance that the guilty verdict was a
miscarriage of justice.
His barrister Ronan Munro applied for legal aid to pursue an application to the Supreme Court for leave to appeal the Court of Appeal's dismissal of his earlier
miscarriage of justice application.
Gilroy, 50, wanted to take his
miscarriage of justice appeal to the UK Supreme Court.
Now he has received the news he has been waiting for after judges agreed to hear his appeal and figure out once and for all the meaning of "
miscarriage of justice".
The first
miscarriage of justice that it looked at was the Cardiff Five (many call it Cardiff Three, but John and Ronnie Actie were victims of that case as well as Yusef Abdullahi, Stephen Miller and Tony Paris).
A POLICE force announced that it is reopening a 30-year-old murder inquiry after it emerged that the man found guilty of the killing could be released in days over fears of a
miscarriage of justice.
Following an amendment put forward by the Lib Dems, the city council is now officially calling for the Home Office to fund a public inquiry into Mr O'Brien's
miscarriage of justice.
The Commission, which carried out a three-year investigation, said: "The Commission is of the view, based upon our lengthy investigations, the new evidence we have found and other evidence which was not before the trial court, that the applicant may have suffered a
miscarriage of justice."