Media – J4MR – Justice 4 Michael Ross

Chronological – 1994 to Present Day

Prior to any arrest or trial, Michael Ross was linked to the murder of Shamsuddin Mahmood in Crimewatch UK, broadcast in October 1994 and then again in ‘Unsolved, Getting away with murder’ broadcast in January 2004

Crimewatch – Broadcast throughout the UK on 6th October 1994, four months after the Orkney murder of Shamsuddin Mahmood

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Unsolved – Broadcast in January 2004, 10 years after the murder of Shamsuddin Mahmood

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Michael Ross was convicted on 20 June 2008. There follows the most recent media on the case, which has been as a result of the J4MR Campaign:

April 2013, BBC Radio Orkney – An interview with Eddy Ross

BBC Radio Orkney Interview with Eddy Ross

Scottish Sunday Express – 5th Jan 2014 – Video bid to clear Michael Ross

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Michael Ross and family walking on the island of Hoy, Orkney

Scottish Sunday Express – 11th May 2014 – I didn’t murder Orkney waiter

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The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission began reviewing Michael Ross’ case in December 2012 and completed the review in November 2015, just short of 3 years later. Follow the link below to read the concerns of the Justice for Michael Ross campaign group on the standard of the SCCRC review:

Open letter and report from J4MR to the SCCRC – February 2016

28 March 2016

The Orcadian Website – “Lost” diary could hold clues, say Michael Ross campaigners

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BBC Website – Orkney murder case campaigners claim police ‘lost evidence’

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Press & Journal – Forgotten diary of murder victim could provide crucial clues to notorious case

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Orkney MP Alistair Carmichael criticised the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission in their handling of two reviews they have completed on the case. He says that the SCCRC have “not properly engaged with concerns raised” and that the conclusions reached were “not as clear as I would expect them to be.”

Mr Carmichael, who is a former solicitor and depute procurator fiscal, also went on to say that J4MR had raised “legitimate concerns” about the police investigation into the murder of Shamsuddin Mahmood.