UK News 14-01-2005 who: Mother-of-three Angela Cannings what: Told she will receive no compensation for wrongful imprisonment where: SALTASH when: Last month snippet: Mrs Cannings announced on Tuesday that she is fighting a Home Office decision not to remunerate her for the time she spent behind bars after being convicted of the murder of her seven week-old son Jason in 1991 and 18 week-old son Matthew in 1999. "She spent 18 hellish months in jail before her murder conviction was quashed in December 2003," says The Mirror. "During that time she was mercilessly abused, locked in solitary for five months and scarred for life when boiling coffee was hurled over her." [... more]

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