Murder victim’s brother continue tireless fight to clear ‘innocent man’ of conviction
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Tim Darby believes Jason Moore was wrongly convicted of his brother’s murder at the Old Bailey in 2013. A murder victim’s brother has accused the justice system of failing at every level as an “innocent man” spends his twelfth Christmas and New Year languishing in prison.
![[Robert Darby, 42, was stabbed outside the Valentine pub in Gants Hill, east London, in 2005]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/10/10/18/_63761215_63761214.jpg)
Tim Darby said his brother Robert’s death 19 years ago “left a hole in our family that will never heal” after he was stabbed in the heart in a daylight altercation with two men outside a pub in London’s East End. Eight years later, Jason Moore was found guilty of murdering Robert, 42, in the 2005 attack following a trial at the Old Bailey after an eyewitness picked him out of an identity parade. He was jailed for life with a minimum of 18 years.
![[Tim Darby (centre) believes the wrong man is in prison for his brother Robert’s murder]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/10/10/18/newFile-3.jpg)
However, Tim is convinced Jason, a former professional gambler, is innocent and has spent more than a decade fighting for his conviction to be overturned. In a moving open letter to the Prime Minister, the Ministry of Justice and the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) and “all those responsible for upholding justice”, he insisted: “Jason Moore’s wrongful imprisonment dishonours Robert’s memory and mocks the justice system.”.
![[The key witness in the murder of Robert Darby has admitted he was drunk. Jason Moore (pictured) claims he has has been wrongly jailed for the crime]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/10/10/18/Image-19-01-2024-at-19.53.jpg)
He added: “This is not a simple mistake—it is a disgrace. Justice has failed at every level.”. Tim said losing Robert in the knife attack in Gants Hill left his family reeling, but their pain was compounded by the injustice that followed. “For over a decade, I have fought tirelessly to expose the truth,” he said. “I have gathered evidence, enlisted experts, and knocked on every door I could find. Yet, at every turn, the system has refused to listen.
![[The family claim Jason Moore, 53, who is 6ft 5, does not match the description of the knifeman]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/10/10/18/Unknown-17.jpg)
