The Criminal Cases Review Commission has referred to the Court of Appeal the conviction of Paul Christopher Gray, for attempted robbery and possession of a firearm with intent to commit an indictable offence.
Mr Gray was convicted at Bolton Crown Court on 23 June 1995, for the attempted robbery of the M6 Cash and Carry warehouse, Rochdale on 12 November 1994 and possession of a firearm with intent to commit an indictable offence. He was sentenced to a total of nine years’ imprisonment.
The prosecution alleged that Mr Gray, along with his co-defendant (who was acquitted of the same charges), had used a sawn-off shotgun to threaten a warehouse employee.
Mr Gray unsuccessfully appealed against his conviction in May 1996. Mr Gray first applied to the Commission in May 1997, when the Commission declined to refer his case. In May 2002 the Commission agreed to review Mr Gray's case for a second time after he made fresh submissions.
The Commission has considered issues including the reliability of the identification evidence against Mr Gray at his trial and other information that has emerged in the course of the Commission’s second review of Mr Gray’s case
The Commission is the independent public body set up by Parliament in 1997 to investigate possible miscarriages of justice in England, Wales and Northern Ireland to decide if they should be referred to the appeal courts.
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