“When the nightmare of a murder in your family is followed by the arrest and eventual imprisonment of another member of your family, everything you ever understood about how the world works and what tomorrow brings disappears. You have nowhere to turn and you keep believing that everything must come right and the nightmare stop, but it doesn’t. It goes on relentlessly, day after day.
While my family was floundering about in this terrible predicament we came across Sandra Lean’s book, No Smoke, The Shocking Truth about British Justice; it was a lifeline and although you wouldn’t wish the nightmare of wrongful conviction and imprisonment on your worst enemy, it was a relief to know that other people have been there before and in some cases have been able to gain their freedom again.
As well as all the help we got from the book, Sandra has used her amazing skills of analysis to examine the complex evidence in Stephen’s case and has supported us as we have done our best to negotiate our way through the complex and bewildering legal system. 2 years on Stephen has finally been granted the right to appeal and we are praying that he will be able to prove his innocence although nothing can ever turn back the clock.
We can never thank Sandra Lean enough for what she has done and for her absolutely selfless commitment to justice.”
by Beverley from The Stephen Marsh is Innocent Campaign
