Petition Please Sign

Michael Shields was today (26th July 2005) jailed for 15 years after a Bulgarian court found him guilty of a crime he did not commit.

The 18-year-old was convicted of a charge of attempted murder even though another man confessed to the crime.

The court in Varna refused to accept Graham Sankey's statement that he slammed a paving stone onto waiter Martin Georgiev's head at the resort of Golden Sands in May.

Michael was returning to Liverpool via Bulgaria after attending the European cup Final in Istanbul.

We would urge as many people as possible to sign the petition campaigning for his immediate release as it is clear a tragic miscarriage of justice has taken place. I direct this in particular at the British Government and urge them to continue to lobby their Bulgarian counterparts to secure Michaels' release.


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thanks all

 

A worthy petition if ever I saw one the poor "kid" is only 18 and hasnt hurt a fly,he will never recover fully from the punishment that he has already gone through.

 

The reason the court would not accept Sankey's confession is that it was not signed. I have just heard on the news that he has now signed the confession and that this has been sent to the Bulgarian court. I hope that this will help Michael's appeal.