1. Robert Woffinden was a British investigative journalist.
11 Facts About Bob Woffinden
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Bob Woffinden wrote about a number of high-profile cases in the UK, including James Hanratty, Sion Jenkins, Jeremy Bamber, Charles Ingram, Jonathan King, and Barry George.
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Bob Woffinden was the author or co-author of New Musical Express Book of Rock 2, The Beatles Apart, The Illustrated New Musical Express Encyclopedia of Rock, Miscarriages of Justice, Hanratty: The Final Verdict and The Murder of Billy-Jo.
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Bob Woffinden was educated at King Edward VI School, Lichfield, Staffordshire; and the University of Sheffield.
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Bob Woffinden joined Yorkshire Television as a documentaries producer, and made films on legal and environmental issues for the First Tuesday documentary series.
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Bob Woffinden made a film on the adverse health effects of fluoride.
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Bob Woffinden tracked down surviving exhibits in the case and asked for these to be tested by DNA methods.
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Finally, in 2000, in what was by then known as the Simms and O'Brien case, Bob Woffinden won the case against the Home Secretary.
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Bob Woffinden found new lawyers for him and, in 1999 English's conviction was quashed.
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In 2002, with writer Richard Webster, Bob Woffinden helped to win the landmark case of Dawn Reed and Chris Lillie, two nursery nurses who had been portrayed as guilty of abusing children in their care by a Newcastle City Council report.
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Bob Woffinden had been contacted by someone from military intelligence who told him that the murder was committed by a Serbian terrorist.