In 2005 he was tried and convicted of murder at Manchester Crown Court and jailed for life with a minimum term of 15 years. On his 66th birthday in 2010, two years after his first appeal against his conviction failed, Park hanged himself at HMP Garth in Lancashire. But on Friday the Court of Appeal ruled the conviction was safe and threw out his appeal. The posthumous appeal was referred to the court by the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) which investigates possible miscarriages of justice. A challenge by Park against his conviction was rejected by the Court of Appeal in 2008.

Source: Daily Mirror May 01, 2020 09:59 UTC