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Football fan Michael Shields jailed for crime abroad seeks pardon from Britain

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London Lawyers for the jailed Liverpool football fan Michael Shields have begun a challenge to his conviction by a Bulgarian court. Two High Court judges in London are being asked to rule that Jack Straw, the Justice Secretary, has the power to exercise the ancient ?royal prerogative of mercy?, even though Shields was convicted abroad. Shields, 22, is serving a ten-year sentence in the UK for the attempted murder of a barman at a diner in Varna, Bulgaria, in 2005, a few nights after Liverpool?s victory in the Champions League final in Turkey. His conviction has been described by Fair Trials Abroad as a blatant miscarriage of justice. At the hearing, Shields?s legal team sought a judicial review of Mr Straw?s decision that he lacked the jurisdiction to issue a pardon.

Full post as published by International and UK Law on December 04, 2008 (boomark / email).

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