Hundreds of men tested in hunt for brutal killer

Wrongly jailed Peter Sullivan

- BY TOM PETTIFOR Crime Editor

DETECTIVES hunting the killer of a young woman have DNA tested 456 men after an innocent man spent 38 years in prison for her murder.

Peter Sullivan, 68, was wrongly accused of beating to death florist Diane Sindall, 21, in a frenzied sexual attack in 1986.

His conviction was quashed in May after he claimed he made a false confession following abuse by Merseyside officers.