‘People think you come out … and live happily ever after. If only.’ The reality of life after wrongful conviction

By Faye Skelton, Associate Professor in Forensic Cognition and Miscarriages of Justice, Edinburgh Napier University

Paddy Hill spent more than 16 years in prison for murders he did not commit. One of the so-called Birmingham Six who were wrongfully convicted for the Birmingham pub bombings in 1974, he was proof that exoneration and financial compensation do not fix a miscarriage of justice.

When I met him in July 2023, more than 30 years after his release from prison, his ordeal continued…

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