Overview
- The Criminal Cases Review Commission confirmed an ongoing review of Stone’s case to determine whether there is a real possibility of a successful appeal.
- The commission plans to retest available items from the scene, drawing on an 18‑page dossier by forensic expert Professor Angela Gallop that highlights missed or mishandled exhibits.
- Key focus areas include a reported bloody fingerprint on a missing lunchbox and a shoelace that resurfaced in police storage in 2020 for potential modern DNA analysis.
- The CCRC is seeking to visit inmate Damien Daley at HMP Full Sutton to re‑examine the disputed jail‑cell confession that underpinned the prosecution at retrial.
- Kent Police say Stone remains convicted after two juries found him guilty and that they are cooperating with the review, as Stone maintains innocence and his team urges scrutiny of alternative‑suspect claims involving Levi Bellfield.