A third bloodstain was recovered from a doorknob at a property the suspect had visited.DNA results for the samples showthe blood was not Mrs Witchalls’, a spokesman for Surrey Police said. Detectives investigating the assault on Mrs Witchalls and her 21-month-old son in Little Bookham, Surrey, are increasingly sure that the man responsible was 23-year-old Richard Cazaly.The second man, a 25-year-old who has been arrested and bailed in connection with the attack, had been considered a strong suspect. Bloodstains found in a car belonging to a prime suspect in the attempted murder of Abigail Witchalls did not come from the 26-year-old mother, tests have found.
The DNA results appear to rule out the suspect, fuelling expectations that a chef, who committed suicide shortly after Mrs Witchalls was stabbed, will be named as the attacker. He will be entitled to a substantial amount of compensation.”. we have said all along that their evidence was unreliable.”Asked whether a claim for compensation would be made, Mr Maddocks said: “Absolutely It goes without saying. “I am still very unsettled and have great difficulty with relationships and being around people.”Being in prison was “not very nice”, he said: “Being in for the kind of offence I had, being a target for the prison system because I wouldn’t comply and be what they wanted me to be.”Police questioned Mr Blackburn within seven days of the attack on the boy.He was arrested on four different occasions. What is a normal life after 25 years in there?”He said he found life outside prison “very difficult”.

But what do you do? Destroy your own life by being angry? It is so destructive and damaging.”He added that he had never thought about giving up the fight to clear his name and would not have admitted guilt just to be allowed his freedom earlier.Asked if he could now return to a normal life, Blackburn said: “I don’t know. Despite this, Mr Blackburn was convicted at Chester Crown Court in 1978 and ordered to be detained at Her Majesty’s Pleasure, the juvenile equivalent of a life sentence. He served 25 years in 18 different prisons.His case was referred to the Court of Appeal by the Criminal Cases Review Commission last August.The quashing of his conviction is likely to result in substantial compensation from the Home Office.Speaking after the ruling he said: “Of course I feel angry I have always felt angry. At least one other youth is understood to have “confessed”, but no action was taken against him.There was no scientific evidence linking Mr Blackburn to the crime, there were no witnesses and the victim was unable to identify his attacker. When he was found he was suffering from hypothermia and nearly died.Mr Blackburn was one of several teenagers from an approved school for offenders who was interviewed about the crime. A man who spent 25 years in prison for attempted murder has had his conviction quashed after an appeal court ruled that police lied about his “confession” and had made parts of it up.
Paul Blackburn, now 41, was aged 15 when he was convicted of the attempted murder and attempted buggery of a nine-year-old boy in Warrington, Cheshire.Mr Blackburn was not released until March 2003 on life licence. A decision on PR and a timetable for its introduction would be a fine and enduring legacy to bequeath the British people.Rt Hon Charles Kennedy MP.

There should be no equivocation and a clear vision.Surely, the time has come to listen and to engage with the nations of the UK It is time to make a real commitment to resolve this deepening democratic deficit. Now, the only possible way forward is a Prime Ministerial statement about your personal position on electoral reform and your Government’s intentions. It deserves a proper public response.We have had promises, reports and committees set up by your government, but nothing has changed. As the campaign run by ‘The Independent’ has demonstrated, the PR debate has been re-ignited with real passion.