Michael Ross campaign group rule out book collaboration

Campaigners working to overturn the conviction of Michael Ross have ruled out any collaboration with true crime author Wensley Clarkson on his book about the case.

Last Thursday, The Orcadian reported that writer Wensley Clarkson was hoping to gather information “from all sides” of the case, as part of research for a true crime book, and potentially a Netflix television series.

But, in a letter to this Thursday’s The Orcadian, J4MR campaigners explained that the group is “not in a position to collaborate with Mr Clarkson.”

Ross is currently serving a 25-year sentence for the murder of Shamsuddin Mahmood, who was shot dead at the Kirkwall restaurant where he worked on June 2, 1994.

Campaign group, Justice For Michael Ross (J4MR) believes that Ross, who was 15 years old at the time of the murder, has been falsely convicted.