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Kevin Lane

January 2021

  • Kevin Lane has always proclaimed his innocence.

    Kevin Lane publishes book in hope of overturning murder conviction

    53-year-old sentenced to life for 1994 murder of Robert Magill but hopes to shed more light on his case

June 2015

  • Kevin Lane

    Kevin Lane's appeal argument outlines alternative scenario for Magill murder

    Barrister draws ‘compelling picture’ for judges that implicates pair who were jailed after being convicted in 2005 of another murder

July 2013

  • Kevin Lane

    Special court orders cast doubt on Kevin Lane murder conviction

    Kevin Lane has spent more than 18 years in prison, but has vowed to clear his name before being released

March 2013

  • Justice on trial
    Kevin Lane could face full appeal hearing

    Prisoner who continues to protest innocence, despite completing tariff, has case referred to full court

September 2012

  • Justice on trial
    Prisoner's 16-year fight to prise open the secrets of Operation Cactus

    Kevin Lane believes he was set up for murder by a bent detective and a criminal – and that people want him silenced, permanently

November 2011

  • Justice on trial
    Judge orders review of 'explosive' documents that could clear Kevin Lane

    Lawyers believe papers could provide strong grounds for appeal in case of man jailed for 1994 hitman murder

October 2011

  • March in support of four men who claim to be wrongly convicted

    Justice on trial
    Supporters of convicted men to march on Downing Street

  • Justice on trial
    Mystery files cast doubt over verdict on Robert Magill gangland killing

September 2011

  • Kevin Lane

    Justice on trial
    Kevin Lane murder case may be reheard as new evidence emerges

    Lawyers have applied to the court of appeal for the case to be reopened after receiving documents allegedly from police files

November 2009

  • Sir Ludovic Kennedy

    Justice on trial
    Miscarriages of justice: a new breed of legal champion

    In the past, dedicated friends and committed lawyers made campaigns for justice work. Now websites can play a key role

May 2009

  • Justice on trial
    Kevin Lane: Hertfordshire hitman case

  • Justice on trial
    Ex-detective backs miscarriage of justice claim

March 2009

  • Justice on trial
    Jailed convict's new hope of exoneration, 12 years on

    Alleged hitman puts faith in fresh evidence and strange twist in contract killing case

July 2008

  • Justice on trial
    Review could set jails precedent

  • Justice on trial
    Jailed murderer claims discrimination over status

July 2003

  • Justice on trial
    Murder conviction reviewed by police

    Jailing of corrupt detective raises doubts about 22 cases.

February 2001

  • Justice on trial
    Presumed guilty

    Kevin Lane is no angel. As a teenager he was known as Lights Out Lane for his brutal fists. As a nightclub bouncer, he never shirked a fight. But was he really a hitman who killed Great Train Robber Charlie Wilson, and had links to the Russian mob? Nick Hopkins weighs up the evidence

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