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North West England MEP Arlene McCarthy. Photo by barrowbc.gov.uk
A MEP has demanded that Bulgaria explains why it released the man who confessed to the crime Michael Shields was convicted for.
"What's never been explained is why did they release Graham Sankey," North West England MEP Arlene McCarthy said.
McCarthy wants Bulgaria to admit a miscarriage of justice and quash Michael's conviction.
Michael, 23, got a royal pardon last month after more than four years in jail for the attempted murder of barman Martin Georgiev in 2005.
The combined shortcomings of the British and Bulgarian legal and political systems had already condemned the young Liverpool football fan to serve four-and-a-half years in prison for a crime he did not commit.
The sisters of Liverpool fan Michael Shields, who was sentenced in Bulgaria to ten years in jail for an attack on a barman, but was recently pardoned by his home country, have won a national award for their dedication to getting him out of jail.
Bulgarian prosecutors have confirmed expectations that they do not plan to resume the trial against Liverpool fan Michael Shields, who was sentenced here to ten years in jail for an attack on a barman, but was recently pardoned by his home country.
Bulgaria has given the first indication that it does not plan to resume the trial against Michael Shields, who was sentenced by a Bulgarian court to ten years in jail for an attack on a barman, but was recently pardoned by his home country.
"Money rules in Bulgaria," he said. "Money is number one. If you pay the person who gets hurt, then you go home."
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