Peter Sullivan, who spent 38 years in jail for a crime he did not commit, said: 'I can't forgive them for what they've done to me, because it's going to be there for the rest of my life.'

Detectives hunting for the killer of a young woman have DNA tested hundreds of people after an innocent man spent 38 years in jail for her murder.

Peter Sullivan was wrongly accused of beating Diane Sindall, 21, to death in a frenzied sexual attack in Birkenhead, Wirral, in 1986. Mr Sullivan, 68, had his conviction quashed in May after claiming he made a false confession following abuse by Merseyside Police officers.

Speaking for the first time since his release he said this week: "I can't forgive them for what they've done to me, because it's going to be there for the rest of my life." He said cops

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