The document, known as the Costello Report, was never disclosed to the lawyers, jury or judge at the original trial of five men who were jailed for life over the 2002 gangland killing in Pattingham.

In 2012, the convictions of the five men – Adam Joof from Willenhall, Antonio Christie, from Great Bridge and Levi Walker, from Birmingham, as well as Michael Osbourne and Owen Crooks, both from Wolverhampton – were quashed after details of the failings were exposed by a whistleblower.

Reported by the Express and Star. You can read the full story here. 

Matthew Burgess
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I am a journalist and author. I am a journalist at the UK edition of WIRED magazine. In 2015, my first book Freedom of Information: A Practical Guide for UK Journalists, was published. My second book Reed Hastings: Building Netflix, was published in March 2020. I created FOI Directory in 2012 and have maintained it in my spare time ever since.