From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Hugh Park
Hugh Park
Park,
Sir Hugh Park (24 April 1910 – 2001) was a Judge of the the defence that he was insane. Interestingly,
High Court, Queen’s Bench Division. In 1976, he was the although not contemporaries, both Giffard and Park
judge in the trial that convicted Stefan Kiszko of the mur- were educated at Blundell’s School.
der of Lesley Molseed. The case has been called one of the • Stefan Kiszko in 1976 for the Murder of Lesley
greatest miscarriages of justice in the history of the Bri- Molseed: the tax clerk from Rochdale would serve 18
tish legal profession. years in prison because scientific evidence proving
his innocence was suppressed by West Yorkshire
Early life Police. On Kiszko’s release in February 1992, a
Conservative MP called the original trial one of the
Hugh Park was born near Exeter and educated at Blun- "greatest miscarriages of justice" of all time. Park
dell’s School and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, himself said that he was sorry for the miscarriage of
where he excelled at hockey, rugby and rowing. justice, but not for how he conducted the trial.
Park subsequently taught at St Dunstan’s prep school • Dracula attacker in 1977: a 52-year-old man was
in Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, before reading for the jailed by Park for eight years for a "Dracula-like"
Bar. He was called by Middle Temple in 1936, and began sexual attack on a housewife. The man was identified
practising in general common law on the Western Circuit by the teeth marks he left on his victim’s bottom.
from chambers in Middle Temple. He was appointed • LSD case at Bristol Crown Court in 1978 following
Queen’s Counsel in 1960. "Operation Julie" involving police officers - one of
them named Julie - posing as hippies in the Welsh
World War II hills and London council estates. The 15 defendants,
including two highly qualified chemists, two doctors
Park served in the Royal Air Force during the Second of medicine, a teacher, and the American author
World War and was seconded to SOE in 1942. As part of David Solomon - a friend of the drugs guru Timothy
his duties he debriefed Odette Sansom and after the war Leary, were jailed by Park for a total of 120 years for
he acted in her divorce so that she could marry Peter their part in one of the biggest LSD rings ever
Churchill. uncovered.
• Fowzi Nejad in 1981, the sole terrorist survivor of the
Legal career Iranian Embassy Siege.
Park’s legal appointments included:
• Queen’s Counsel, 1960 Personal life
• Recorder of Penzance, 1959-1960 Park married Beryl Josephine Coombe in 1938 and had
• Recorder of Exeter, 1960-1964 three daughters. He was knighted in 1965.
• Recorder of Southampton, 1964-1965
• Judge of the Family Division of the High Court,
1965-1973 Sources
• Judge of the Courts of Appeal, Channel Islands, • Extracted from Obituary – Sir Hugh Park, The Daily
1964-65 Telegraph, 22 November 2001
• Chairman of Devon Quarter Sessions, 1964-71 Persondata
• Judge of the Queen’s Bench Division, 1973-1985
Name Park, Hugh
• Presiding Judge on the Western Circuit, 1970-1975
Alternative names
Notable cases Short description
Date of birth 24 April 1910
Park’s notable cases include:
• Miles Giffard in the early 1950s: the accused had Place of birth
murdered his wealthy parents in their kitchen, Date of death 2001
placed their bodies in a wheelbarrow, wheeled them Place of death
to the cliff edge, and tipped them down into the sea.
The man was sentenced to death, despite a plea by
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Hugh Park
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