Solidarity with Orgreave Truth & Justice Campaign

The Shrewsbury 24 Campaign extends it support to the OTJC in their call for an Orgreave Independent Panel to be set up along the lines of the landmark Hillsborough Independent Panel.

These principled campaigners have worked tirelessly for years to uncover the truth about the events at the picket at Orgreave on 18 June 1984. On that day hundreds of miners were attacked and beaten by an army of police, including a mounted unit that charged down with batons on unarmed striking miners causing devastating injuries. The trial of the 95 miners that were arrested on that day collapsed when the union lawyers showed that the police evidence had been fabricated. The campaign wants to know the truth: who planned and gave the orders for the police attack on defenceless miners, who orchestrated the prosecutions. Without Truth there can be no Justice.

Further details can be found on the OTJC website.

Eileen Turnbull -Researcher & Secretary
Harry Chadwick – Chairperson

Important Updates

December 2018 – Court gives green light for pickets to challenge CCRC

On Friday 9^th November 2018 the Shrewsbury pickets won an important victory in their long struggle to overturn their convictions. In the Administrative Court in Birmingham, Mr Justice Jay gave permission for the pickets’ application for judicial review to proceed to a full hearing. Read more about this landmark decision.

Read the Morning Star article about the victory.

February 2018 – Campaign launches Judicial Review on behalf of the Shrewsbury pickets

The Shrewsbury 24 Campaign made an application to the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) on behalf of the pickets on 3 April 2012. After sending several additional lengthy submissions to the CCRC over the past 5 years we have now received their Final Statement of Reasons.  We were extremely disappointed to be informed by the CCRC that they had decided not to refer the pickets’ cases to the Court of Appeal.

Our legal team, led by Danny Friedman QC, have considered the CCRC’s reasons and advised us that we have grounds to challenge the CCRC’s decision through a judicial review in the Administrative Court. The pickets and the Campaign have discussed this advice and have decided to proceed with an application for judicial review. Read more about the Judicial Review…

December 2017 – Ken O’Shea R.I.P.

It is with great sadness that the Shrewsbury 24 Campaign has to announce the death of the eldest surviving picket, Kenneth Desmond Francis O’Shea on Boxing Day. He was 88. Read more…

Update  July 2017 – CCRC, the fight goes on

The Criminal Cases Review Commission has issued a ‘Provisional Statement of Reasons’ in response to the applications of the Shrewsbury pickets. The CCRC has informed us that they do not propose to refer our case back to the Court of Appeal. Although we are very disappointed with their decision we remain absolutely certain that we will overturn this miscarriage of justice. Read More…

Campaign’s researcher, Eileen Turnbull, describes below how she tracked down the television programme,  Red Under the Bed.

Ian Prowes has made a video for the Shrewsbury 24 Campaign of his cover of Alun Parry’s song My Name Is Dessie Warren. Read more…