Mother collapses as Jack Straw rejects Michael Shields pardon
Jul 3 2009
Liverpool Daily Post
JUSTICE Secretary Jack Straw last night said he understood the “strong emotions” felt by the family of Michael Shields, after refusing him a pardon due to the “rule of law”.
Shields, of Edge Hill, was jailed for 15 years in Bulgaria, in 2005, for the attempted murder of a barman following Liverpool FC’s Champions League triumph in Turkey.
His mother, Marie Shields, collapsed after hearing the news and later described Mr Straw’s decision as “like a knife in the back.”
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