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Thu 03 Mar 2009Man cleared of murder freed after 27 years
LONDON – An “ecstatic” Seán Hodgson yesterday enjoyed his first taste of freedom in 27 years after the murder conviction which landed him behind bars was declared unsafe by the Court of Appeal for England and Wales.
Mr Hodgson (57), was freed by three judges in London who ruled fresh DNA evidence had “demolished” the case against him over the “terrible death” in 1979 of young gas board clerk and part-time barmaid Teresa De Simone.
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