The Court of Appeal has quashed the 2019 murder conviction of former church warden Benjamin Field for the 2015 death of university lecturer Peter Farquhar, citing improper jury directions, and ordered a retrial while allowing prosecutors to appeal to the Supreme Court. The case was referred by the Criminal Cases Review Commission, with Field's lawyers arguing a lack of evidence that Farquhar was forced or deceived into consuming spiked whisky or medication. Field remains imprisoned for other convictions.