Brothers cleared of Cornwall double murder after spending 20 years in prison Robert and Lee Firkins have convictions quashed after being jailed in 2006 for murders of Carol and Graham Fisher.
Two brothers who have spent almost 20 years in prison for a double murder at a remote Cornish garage have been cleared after their convictions were overturned and a planned retrial dropped.
Robert and Lee Firkins were jailed in 2006 for the murders of Carol and Graham Fisher, who were killed in what appeared to be a bungled burglary at their home in Perch, near Wadebridge.
Without independent reliable evidence supportive of the fact of the confession, cell confession evidence is so dangerous, it should always be excluded.
James Wood KC and Sarah Elliott KC, of Doughty Street Chambers, who have worked on the case since the original trial, said it highlighted the danger of cell confessions.
