Observed arrival · 2026-10-11
The Susan May case record
A public case record assembling the timeline, forensic disputes, expert opinions and review activity surrounding Susan May’s conviction for Hilda Marchbank’s murder.
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- Readers assessing the conviction, forensic record, and review activity
- Worth noticing
- It distinguishes a presumptive blood reaction from confirmation and flags questions about sample labelling, storage, and continuity.
Field notes
The chronology traces the case from Hilda Marchbank’s death in Royton in 1992 through Susan May’s 1993 conviction, a 1999 Criminal Cases Review Commission referral, and a 2025 application registration. The record also flags an alternative police enquiry involving two men described in a policy entry as “good suspects,” while noting that the entry recorded no evidence then linking them to the murder. A campaign presentation is explicitly identified as advocacy.
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