A Leeds man who has fought for almost 40 years to clear his name today lost his fourth appeal bid to overturn his conviction for a Tesco store robbery.
Three judges in the Court of Appeal in London ruled that the conviction of Anthony Stock, who was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment on July 17, 1970, was safe.
His case is the first to have been referred twice to appeal judges for review by the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC), which investigates possible miscarriages of justice.
Mr Stock, who was released from custody in October 1975, had been found guilty by a jury at Leeds Assizes of being involved in an attack by four men on the manager of a Tesco store in the Merrion Centre in Leeds - but he has protested his innocence ever since.
But today Mr Stock, of LLandrindod Wells, North Wales, who is now in his late 60s, had his conviction upheld by Lord Justice Latham, Mr Justice Forbes and Dame Heather Steel.
Mr Stock was not present in court for the ruling.
Announcing the decision, Lord Justice Latham said the court "cannot say that this verdict was unsafe".
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