The Justice Gap’s The Overturn podcast has won the ‘True Crime’ category in this year’s Independent Podcast Awards. The awards were founded in 2023 to help uncover talent in the UK podcasting scene away from big media organisations, recognising work that ‘doesn’t always get recognition it deserves.’ Earlier this year The Overturn was shortlisted in the ‘Impact’ category of the British Podcast Awards – the only independent podcast in the
The gripping independent podcast, The Overturn, has this week been shortlisted in the ‘Impact’ category of the British Podcast Awards. For over a decade, these awards have recognised excellence and originality in British podcasting, with this category highlighting podcasts that have attempted to move the dial on some of the most important issues facing society. The winners will be announced at a ceremony on 1 October in London. The Overturn
Episode 9 of The Overturn – “Fighting a miscarriage of justice is the most herculean task imaginable” Listen to the full episode below, or via Spotify. In a bonus round-up episode, Marnie Duke talks to the human rights lawyer and criminal appeal specialist Glyn Maddocks KC and Dr Jon Robins, executive producer on the series – and journalist and lecturer in criminology at Brighton University. They talk about where the stories
Episode 8 of The Overturn – Justin Plummer: 28 years in prison for a crime I didn’t commit Listen to the full episode below, or via Spotify. In 1998, Justin Plummer was convicted for the brutal murder of Janice Cartwright-Gilbert. She had been living with her partner in rural Bedfordshire, in a caravan while they renovated a property. She was found having been stabbed multiple times, strangled with an electric flex,
Episode 7 of The Overturn – Jason Moore: Wrong Man in Prison for Murder, Says Victim’s Family Listen to the full episode below, or via Spotify. Jason Moore was jailed for life with a minimum term of 18 years after being found guilty of murdering Robert Darby in 2005. Relatives of Darby, who was stabbed to death in a pub car park in East London, have joined with campaigners supporting the
Episode 6 of The Overturn – Danny Major: I Was Fit-up by Colleagues, Says Jailed Police Officer Listen to the full episode below, or via Spotify. Former police officer Danny Major was sentenced to 15 months in jail after being found guilty of assault in 2006. He served a four month sentence, and the police officers who actually assaulted the man in their custody walked free. He has since blamed the
Episode 5 of The Overturn – The Manchester Ten: Jailed Over a Group Chat Listen to the full episode below, or via Spotify. In 2022, ten teenage boys were jailed for plotting ‘revenge attacks’ in response to the murder of their friend. The boys, some of whom were only present in the chat where an address was shared for a matter of minutes, were convicted of conspiracy to commit grievous bodily
Episode 3 of The Overturn podcast, Alex Henry: My Brother Didn’t Kill, but is a Convicted Murderer. Listen to the full episode now. In 2013, Alex Henry was sentenced to a minimum of nineteen years under joint enterprise for a stabbing he didn’t execute. Joint Enterprise convictions have long been a source of dodgy convictions, with campaigners decrying a racially biased ‘legal dragnet’ that has seen, in particular, young boys
Episode 3 of The Overturn – Mark “Ozzy” Osbourne: Accused of while Murder Behind Bars Listen to the full episode below, or via Spotify. In 2009, Mark “Ozzy” Osbourne was convicted of murder, despite the fact that he was in prison for an unrelated lesser offence when the killing occurred. The shambolic evidence of a prison snitch helped secure the conviction, which could see him jailed for a total of
Episode 2 of The Overturn, The Birmingham Four: Terrorist Masterminds or Victims of a Fit-Up? Listen to full episode here, or via Spotify. In 2017, four men were jailed for life for planning a terrorist attack after being caught in an undercover police operation. Their lawyers insist that their case continues to raise troubling questions about the behaviour of the police, whose text messages revealed during the trial the ludicrous
