The Year Justice Froze: How the CCRC "Panic" of 2024 Locked the Door on the Innocent Exclusive data obtained by BRD Investigations reveals a "Year of Paralysis" where CCRC Commissioners overruled their own investigators 60% of the time—and why the door has suddenly swung open in 2025. By BRD Investigations 17 December 2025 CASE FILE: #FOI-171225 There is a widely held belief in the British legal system that justice is blind. But for applicants like Lucy Letby, who are fighting to overturn convictions against the weight of the establishment, our investigation proves that justice is not blind—it is watching the clock. Following a months-long battle for transparency, BRD Investigations has secured internal data from the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) via the Freedom of Information Act. The CCRC initially attempted to refuse our request for specific case manager recommendations, citing cost li...
It is a scenario that defies the standard logic of the British legal system. Usually, the family of a murder victim is the prosecution’s strongest ally, desperate to see the killer behind bars. But in the case of Jason Moore—convicted of the 2005 murder of Robert Darby—the script has been flipped. "You don’t bang a geezer up for something he hasn’t done," says Tim Darby, the victim’s brother. Tim Darby has joined a high-profile campaign to free the man convicted of killing his brother. He believes that Moore is the victim of a miscarriage of justice that has allowed the real killer to walk free for two decades. At BRD Investigations , we have conducted a forensic review of the case file (Ref: 05-JM-2013). Our analysis reveals a conviction built on a foundation so fragile it is on the verge of collapse: a star witness who admits he was "drunk," a physical description that is mathematically impossible, and critical DNA evidence that sat in an evidence locker...