A convicted murderer who has spent eight years in prison could have his conviction quashed later.
Ian Lawless, 47, was jailed for life in 2002 after confessing to the murder of retired sea captain Alf Wilkins on the Yarborough estate in Grimsby.
Lawless's solicitors will tell the Court of Appeal that the confession was unreliable because of his medical condition at the time.
The Crown Prosecution Service has said it will not resist the appeal.
Lawless and another man were convicted of firebombing Mr Wilkins's flat after wrongly suspecting him of being a paedophile.
The former tugboat skipper's body was found in the kitchen of his smoke-damaged flat with his 12-year-old black Alsatian dog Lucky lying nearby.
I think it says something when the CPS ststes it will not resist the appeal. It still appears that the police are prepared to fit any body up to secure a conviction.
UPDATE:
Court quashes murder conviction
A man who has spent eight years in prison for murder has won an appeal against his conviction.
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