A MAN who was beaten into signing a false confession which led to a conviction for murder has been released from Leyland's Garth prison after 14 years behind bars.

Trevor Campbell, 34, was wrongly convicted for stabbing a pensioner to death in 1985. His conviction was ruled unsafe by the Appeal Court last week.

Trevor is seeking £500,000 compensation for a conviction based on evidence collated by the now disbanded West Midlands Serious Crime Squad.

Speaking as he was released from Garth, he said: "I feel like a nervous wreck, but I'm on top of the world. I wouldn't let the bitterness consume me otherwise I'd never have survived in jail.

"Without the support of my family and lawyer I could never have got through this.

"Now I've got to relax and cool down. It's been a long time coming, but justice has finally been done."

He added: "Police treated me like a terrorist, yet I'd done nothing.

"They beat and kicked me and called me names because I was black. I still pass blood because of damage to my kidneys."

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