Hickey and Vincent Hickey. On 21 February 1997, the last in a number of appeals saw the men's convictions overturned, after the Court of Appeal ruled that the trial had been unfair, as certain areas of evidence had been fabricated by police in order to persuade the now-deceased Molloy to make a confession. However, the Appeal Judges noted that in the light of Vincent Hickey's confessions to being present at the farm where Bridgewater was shot dead "we consider that there remains evidence on which a reasonable jury properly directed could convict." The officers involved were later employed at the West Midlands Serious Crime Squad. See also List of failed and overturned convictions involving the West Midlands Serious Crime Squad List of miscarriage of justice cases in the United Kingdom Notes References News articles Judgments Parliament Reports Books Journal articles Video and television Other Police units of the United Kingdom Overturned convictions in England Crime in the West Midlands (county)