Scott Lomax

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Scott Lomax is a campaigner and true crime writer who is particularly noted as having written about the guilt of the convicted murderers Jeremy Bamber and Barry George. He is author of a number of books and articles, the most notable being Who killed Jill Dando? and Justice for Jill, which argue that Barry George is the victim of the greatest miscarriage of justice seen in Britain in decades. His writing has helped with the research of television programmes and Lomax himself has appeared on television to discuss the case.

Lomax is currently researching a book about unsolved murders in his home county. He is expecting a new book to be published in 2008 about a second high profile criminal case.

Lomax is a human rights campaigner, having helped successfully campaign for the release of two men wrongly convicted of conspiring to commit armed robbery^[1]. Lomax ran the campaign for one of the men; James (Shay) Power. Lomax has also run the campaigns of a number of people he believes to be wrongly convicted. He has studied more than one hundred and fifty cases but believes in the innocence of six individuals who he maintains are victims of miscarriages of justice.

One of Lomax's current cases is that of James Harry Reyos, a Native American convicted of killing an Irish Priest in Texas, USA. Father Patrick Ryan was killed in Odessa, texas, on 21 Decemebr 1981 and Reyos was found guilty two years later. Lomax runs the campaign to exonerate Reyos.

In addition to working on cases of alleged injustices, Lomax writes about unsolved murders, the subject of a book he is currently writing.

Lomax also campaigns for tougher sentences for serious crimes such as paedophilia, rape and murder. He is campaigning to call for an end to many of the privileges enjoyed by prisoners.