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Synopsis
In 1991, Kevin Callan was convicted of the murder of his girlfriend's four-year-old daughter, Mandy, a sufferer from cerebral palsy. A catalogue of ill-informed medical testimony saw him go down for life. Yet Kevin was devoted to Mandy and had looked after her with dedicated care. Burning with rage at his wrongful imprisonment, he set out to learn all about head injuries (the supposed cause of death) and by reading and corresponding with experts, he eventually succeeded in getting his conviction overturned, by proving Mandy could not have died in the manner originally alleged. Kevin was freed in 1995 after serving four years in prison.
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`As one might expect, an angry book, with many unanswered questions' -- IRISH INDEPENDENT
`Moving' -- MAIL ON SUNDAY
About the Author
Kevin Callan was born in 1958 and has worked as a long-distance lorry driver. He now lives with Les, Mandy's mother, whom he married in December 1995 and with Les's other children, Natalie and Jade.
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- PublisherLittle, Brown & Company
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 0316883131
- ISBN 13 9780316883139
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages256
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KEVIN CALLAN'S STORY The moving account of a convicted man's tireless campaign for freedom and truth
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Little, Brown, 1997
ISBN 10: 0316883131
ISBN 13: 9780316883139
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Hardcover / Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Hardback. Foreword by Michael Mansfield Q.C. On April 15, 1991, after collapsing in the bathroom of the family home and despite Kevin's desperate attempts at resuscitation, 4yr old Mandy Allman's brave battle against cerebral palsy ended in tragedy. Kevin, who had loved his girlfriend's daughter like a father, was devastated by her death. A day later, he was charged with her murder. Police, pathologists and lawyers all seized on Mandy's bruise-covered body as evidence of a serious physical assault, and in January 1992 Kevin Callan began a term of life imprisonment at Wakefield Prison. Disillusioned, rejected by Mandy's mother and deprived of his freedom, Kevin immersed himself in medical literature, determined to prove that Mandy could not have died in the manner alleged. With the aid of Philip Wrightson, a neurosurgeon from New Zealand, Kevin was able to uncover fresh evidence about Mandy's head injuries evidence that completely overturned the findings of the original postmortem. This is Kevin Callan's moving account of his tireless campaign for freedom and truth - n ot just the story of one man's struggle to prove his own innocence - it is also a savage indictment of the state of criminal justice in modern Britain. 176pp. 8vo. h/back. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. Lightly browned pp. o/w Nr. F. in F. dw. Seller Inventory # 15575
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