A former church warden jailed for murdering a university lecturer has had his conviction quashed by the Court of Appeal.
Benjamin Field, 34, was sentenced to a minimum of 36 years in prison for the murder of Peter Farquhar, 69, in Maids Moreton, Buckinghamshire, in 2015.
His conviction had been referred by the Criminal Cases Review Commission under the exceptional circumstances provision, which allows a new appeal even if there is no new evidence.
In a ruling on Thursday, three senior judges quashed the conviction and ordered a retrial.
