Wullie and his family would like to thank you all for the support and kind words .

He really appreciates it a lot and would like you to continue to pass out his websites and let people see the injustices he is enduring.

Please sign the petition also and pass it around.

http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/...

http://www.justiceforwilliamgage.web...

http://williegage.blogspot.com/

http://www.whygage.com/

http://www.mojoscotland.com/william_...

Thank you

At last there seems to be some light at the end of the long tunnel that William Gage and his family have endured for the past 7 plus years.



The Scottish Criminal Case Review Commission finally made their decision to refer William Gage's case to the appeal courts. See http://www.sccrc.org.uk/ViewFile.asp... for the grounds of referral.



We who support Wullie Gage are delighted that the SCCRC have referred the case for appeal and we thank them for doing so. If it wasn't for the SCCRC investigating this case then Wullie would not have the chance to finally prove his innocence. So far that has proved an impossible thought so family, friends and supporters are deeply grateful.



Sadly though, Mr Bill Gage, William's father, is now terminally ill with cancer. I spoke with Mr Gage Senior and he said that he was absolutely delighted to hear this news. It had been a long time coming. He says he is not afraid of dying. What he fears is dying before William is freed and exonerated for the crime he was wrongfully convicted of. All he wants to be able to do is put his arms around his son and be able to spend time with his son as a free man. We pray that this will be made possible. Mr Gage Senior has suffered enough due to this injustice and now cancer. He has committed no crime. And he has steadfastly stood by Wullie and supported him totally. His belief in his son's innocence is unwaivering.



The tragedy of all of this is that the Gage family have lost precious years due to Wullie being imprisoned for a crime he did not commit and now that the end could be in sight, Mr Gage Senior is so seriously ill. It all seems so unfair indeed.



We who support Wullie's fight for truth and justice are hoping and praying that Wullie is freed so that he can spend precious time with his dad.

It really would be heaping injustice upon injustice if Wullie was not allowed to spend that special time with his dad and his loved ones. We hope that the courts will see fit to show some compassion in this tragic situation. Time is running out and Mr Gage Senior is about to embark on an intense Radiotherapy treatment in a bid to make him feel a little better. It will not cure him but should hopefully make his life a little more bearable. There is no operation which can help and chemotherapy cannot help either. Mr Gage is too ill to have surgery anyway.



It would be absolutely devastating to Mr Gage Snr and the family if Wullie did not get freed before things go too far for him, with the cancer.

It would be equally devastating of course to Wullie, if anything else happened to his dad before he was freed.



Wullie is delighted of course that this has finally happened but there is a deep sadness in him for the time he has lost with his family and the fact that his dad is so ill.



Wullie has a huge amount of supporters and he thanks everyone for their love and support.



Details of Wullie's case can be read on: : Mojoscotland@mac.com : www.whygage.com and http://www.justiceforwilliamgage.web...



It is agony having to wait. I feel like I have been buried alive and that no matter how hard I scream for help the authorities don't seem to care.' William Gage



Hopefully now Wullie will realise that the authorities are indeed listening and that they will rectify this miscarriage of justice in a speedy manner.



Please send Wullie cards of support and encouragement:



William Gage
# 2319 c3/15
HMP Shotts/ Lanarkshire

ML7 4LE
SCOTLAND

Thank you

Karen Torley and Wullie Gage's Supporters.



“I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. . Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. To remain silent and indifferent is the greatest sin of all..." Elie Wiesel Nobel Prize for Peace in 1986.




Some details

NEWS RELEASE
The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (‘the Commission’) has
referred the case of William Lewis Gage (‘the applicant’) to the High Court of
Justiciary.
In accordance with the Commission’s statutory obligations, a statement of the
reasons for its decision has been sent to the High Court, the applicant, his
representatives and Crown Office. The Commission has no power under statute to
make copies of its statements of reasons available to the public. Brief summaries
of the background to the case and the Commission’s reasons for referral are given
below. These summaries are for information purposes only and the content of this
news release should not be treated as forming part of the Commission’s statement
of reasons.
1.0 Background
1.1 The applicant stood trial at Glasgow High Court between 22 January and 9
February 2004 on a charge of murder in respect of the shooting of Justin
McAlroy outside his home in Cambuslang, Glasgow, on the night of 7 March
2002.
1.2 The applicant was found guilty of the murder by a majority verdict of the jury.
A further charge against the applicant, which libelled an attempt to pervert
the course of justice, was found not proven by the jury. The applicant was
sentenced to life imprisonment with a punishment part of 20 years. The
applicant’s subsequent appeal against conviction was unsuccessful.
2.0 Summary of the Commission’s decision
2.1 In the application to the Commission the applicant and his representatives
raised a number of grounds in support of their argument that the applicant
had suffered a miscarriage of justice. These grounds included, amongst
others: that the verdict of the jury was one that no reasonable jury, properly
directed, could have returned; that there was insufficient evidence in law to
convict; that fresh evidence was available; and that the representation the
applicant received at trial was in a number of respects defective. After
review, the Commission was not persuaded that a miscarriage of justice may
have occurred in relation to the matters raised under these grounds.
2.2 The grounds upon which the Commission decided to refer the case relate to
the dock identification of the applicant’s eyes as resembling those of a man
seen running from the scene of the shooting, and the identification of crucial
productions. In referring the case the Commission had particular regard to
the principles in relation to dock identification set out by the Judicial
Committee of the Privy Council in the case of Holland v HMA 2005 SCCR
417. In the Commission’s view, in the unusual circumstances of the
applicant’s case, the absence of specific directions to the jury regarding the
dock identification amounts to a misdirection and may have given rise to a
miscarriage of justice. The Commission also believes that the applicant’s
trial may have been unfair, and that a miscarriage of justice may have
occurred, in respect of the manner in which the identifications of the
applicant’s eyes and of the crucial productions were obtained, and in light of
the way in which that evidence was dealt with at the applicant’s trial.
NOTES FOR EDITORS
The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission was established as an
independent body on 1 April 1999 to review alleged miscarriages of justice in
Scottish convictions and/or sentences. Under section 194 A to L of the Criminal
Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (as inserted by section 25 of the Crime and
Punishment (Scotland) Act 1997) the Commission can refer a case to the High
Court if it believes that a miscarriage of justice may have occurred and that it is in
the interests of justice that a reference should be made. The Commission’s remit
extends to both solemn and summary cases.
Once a case is referred to the High Court by the Commission, it will proceed as a
normal appeal. The appellant or his legal advisors may seek to expand the grounds
of appeal from those wh