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POLL OF THE DAY: Do you believe Michael Stone's murder convictions should be reinvestigated?

POLL OF THE DAY: Do you believe Michael Stone's murder convictions should be reinvestigated?

One of Britain's most shocking murders that saw a mother and daughter battered to death with a hammer is being reinvestigated by the miscarriage of justice watchdog.

Lin Russell, 45, and her daughter Megan, six, were killed near their home in Chillenden, Kent, in 1996 – but Megan's older sister Josie, then nine, survived.

Michael Stone, a drug addict with a previous conviction for a separate hammer attack, was arrested – despite no DNA evidence linking him to the scene.

He was later convicted and jailed for the murders of Lin and Megan and attempted murder of Josie. But that conviction may now be in doubt as the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) probes the evidence that convicted Stone.

You can read all about the new investigation in an article by Matthew Young and Guy Adams as the Daily Mail launches its new true crime channel The Crime Desk.

Now, cast your vote on whether the convictions should be reinvestigated here:

In yesterday's poll, Mail readers were asked: 'Should there be a judge-led inquiry over the Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor scandal?' Out of more than 16,000 votes, 82 per cent of you said 'yes' and 18 per cent said 'no'. 

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