UK court quashes conviction of church warden for murder, orders retrial
The Court of Appeal in the United Kingdom has quashed the conviction of Benjamin Field, a former church warden, who was jailed for life for the 2015 murder of university lecturer Peter Farquhar.The court ordered a retrial in the case.Field was originally sentenced in 2019 to a minimum of 36 years in prison after being found guilty of drugging Farquhar with tranquillisers and spiking his whisky to make his death appear accidental or a suicide.The motive was reportedly to inherit Farquhar's estate in Maids Moreton, Buckinghamshire.The Criminal Cases Review Commission referred the case to the Court of Appeal under exceptional... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 16 Apr 2026 12:32 LONDON
