The Accused Beyond Reasonable Doubt: Where is Jason Moore now and who is Abdul Ahmed?
Jason was convicted of murder in 2013The Accused: Beyond Reasonable Doubt kicked off tonight with the case of Jason Moore – but where is he now and who exactly is Abdul Ahmed?
Jason was handed a life sentence in 2013 for the murder of Robert Darby in Ilford, London.
Robert was 42 when he was stabbed in the chest in broad daylight while standing in a pub car park.
Jason, now 54, has always maintained his innocence and The Accused: Beyond Reasonable Doubt examines whether it really is a miscarriage of justice.
The “gentle giant’s” conviction hangs solely on evidence from a witness called Abdul Ahmed.
But, as Channel 4 viewers soon see, Abdul has since changed his story in a remarkable phone call with an investigative journalist.
Here, we look at where Jason Moore is now and who exactly Abdul Ahmed is.
The Accused: Where is Jason Moore now?
Jason Moore is currently still in prison. He is still believed to be at HMP Oakwood in Wolverhampton where he is serving his life sentence.
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This is a Category C training prison rather than a high-security Category A prison. It does, however, house around 150 men serving sentences for murder and serious crimes.
They will have been moved there from higher category prisons after being deemed a low risk of escaping.
Last year, Jason sent a message to The Independent newspaper from behind the prison walls.
He accused the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) of “treating people’s lives as toys”. Jason added: “To keep people in prison when you have evidence that exonerates them is a form of evil that needs to be squashed.”
Jason is referring into new evidence shown in The Accused: Beyond Reasonable Doubt.
Who is Abdul Ahmed?
Jason’s conviction relied heavily on a witness statement from Abdul Ahmed in 2005.
During the trial, Abdul was referred to as Witness A by police. He is originally from Somalia but was living in East London at the time of the murder. He was 36 in 2005 and is now 57 years old.
Viewers of The Accused: Beyond Reasonable Doubt hear how Abdul said Robert’s attacker was wearing a “blue jacket”. He also said he saw the killer “get out of the passenger door” of a silver car.
Jason was in the passenger seat of his friend’s silver BMW outside the pub where the murder took place. CCTV has since revealed he was wearing a grey Adidas sweatshirt with white stripes down the arm.
During his trial, Jason had agreed with prosecutors that he “might” have been wearing a blue jacket. The trial was held eight years after the murder had taken place and Jason could not remember.
But Jason’s family – and Robert’s brother Tim in a remarkable twist – are currently waiting the outcome of a second application to the CCRC. This is based on new evidence in involving Abdul Ahmed.
During the documentary, a phone call is played between Abdul and investigative journalist Charles Thomson.
When asked about the murder, Abdul tells him: “It was the blink of an eye, I was passing by. How can you remember things like that? And I was drunk. I was drinking alcohol.”
He claims he told the police at the time he’d had “two cans of beer”.
Charles asked him if he had picked out he correct person in the 2012 identity parade: “No, I don’t know. I don’t know.”
When is the outcome of Jason Moore’s latest review application?
Jason’s loved ones have submitted a second application to the CCRC. It is based on the evidence from Abdul. They hope it will lead to Jason walking free from prison.
The application was made in late 2023. The outcome of the final stage of the review is due in August this year. It will determine whether the case can return to the court of appeal.
The CCRC confirmed to Channel 4 that an investigation into the latest application is ongoing. It said it would be “inappropriate to comment at this stage”.
Abdul Ahmed failed to respond when contacted by show producers.
Jason, meanwhile, has been in prison for 13 years. In five years, he will be eligible for parole. However, he has been warned that release will be unlikely if he continues to maintain his innocence.
Jason told The Guardian in October 2023: “I’ve lain awake many nights always wondering why [the witness] said the things he did …
“It never ever occurred to me he was drunk because of the time of the day, but suddenly now it all makes sense. The police holding this information back cost me 18 years.”
