Who? Jenny Wiltshire, head of serious and general crime, Hickman & Rose, London.
Why is she in the news? Represented Courtney Harriot, Paul Green and Cleveland Davidson, who were convicted nearly 50 years ago of attempting to rob a British Transport Police (BTP) officer. The Court of Appeal overturned their convictions this month.
Thoughts on the case: ‘My clients were young men when they were convicted on the word of corrupt police officer DS Derek Ridgewell. They are now in their late-60s. The extraordinary, near-50-year delay in achieving justice is particularly shocking when you consider that concerns about Ridgewell were raised as early as 1973, when he featured in a BBC Nationwide programme Cause for Concern. During the 1970s there were repeated calls for the Home Office to investigate his activities but the BTP simply moved Ridgewell sideways to a unit investigating mailbag theft. Even after he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to steal mailbags in 1980 and was sentenced to sev