Greater Manchester Police has launched an investigation into allegations made by a lifer who claims he is innocent of the murder he was convicted of.
Graham Redford was told he must serve a minimum of 30 years for the murder of Stacey Lloyd, over a £6,000 debt, following a trial 18 years ago.
But Mr Redford alleges there were major flaws in the case built against him by GMP. He hopes APPEAL - the same organisation that successfully led a campaign to prove Andrew Malkinson had been wrongfully convicted of a rape for which he spent 17 years in jail - will take on his case.
Mr Lloyd's body was found by firefighters in the boot of his burning blue Subaru Impreza on the night of January 16, 2005, on a remote lane in Unsworth, near Whitefield.
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