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Hanged Man Cleared of Murder, 53 Years Too Late

June 10, 2003

LONDON (Reuters) - A British man who was hanged for murder had his conviction quashed Tuesday, 53 years too late.
George Kelly was executed in 1950 for the murder of cinema manager Leonard Thomas during a robbery in Liverpool the previous year.

Kelly's family claimed vital material was not disclosed to his defense lawyers during the trial. This included a statement to police by a prosecution witness who said another man had confessed to the crime.

Tuesday, three of Britain's top judges ruled Kelly's conviction was "unsafe."

Kelly was 27 at the time of his hanging. Britain abolished the death penalty 15 years later in 1965.