Mother of man who testified against Kai Shannon, whose conviction is being examined by CCRC, says police pressured her son
Fresh doubts have been cast over a 2009 gang murder conviction after the mother of the prosecution’s star witness said he was threatened with being charged with the crime himself if he did not give police a name.
Kai Shannon, 33, is 13 years into a life prison sentence for the fatal stabbing of 18-year-old Wahab Zaaki on the Attlee Terrace estate in Walthamstow, east London, on 13 March 2009. He has always insisted he is innocent.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/aug/11/witness-to-2009-murder-told-he-would-be-charged-unless-he-gave-met-a-name-kai-shannon
Author : Emily Dugan
Publish date : 2025-08-11 14:02:00
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