So Relieved He's Home ; City Leaders and Stars Offer Support

Liverpool Echo › September 10, 2009

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POLITICAL and religious leaders, human rights campaigners, footballers and celebrities have spoken of their joy and relief at the release of jailed Reds' fan Michael Shields.

City council leader Cllr Warren Bradley, Lord Mayor Cllr Mike Storey and Labour Riverside MP Louise Ellman were among the first to speak of their delight at the news.

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So Relieved He's Home ; City Leaders and Stars Offer Support

They said they were relieved that Michael would no longer suffer the "gross miscarriage of justice" to which he had been subjected over the last four years.

The Reds fan, now 22, was just 18 when he was sentenced to 15 years for the attempted murder of a barman in Bulgaria on the night of Liverpool's Champions League final victory.

Lord Mayor Cllr Mike Storey said he was delighted Michael had been freed and that he expected the occasion to be formally marked at the Town Hall in the near fu...

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