Please answer the following question: Read the bio below and try to give details on andrew evans case 's: - known for - birth date - name - nationality Bio: andrew evans is an english soldier from longton , staffordshire , who was wrongfully convicted and served 25 years in custody after confessing to the 1972 murder of judith roberts , a 14-year-old schoolgirl from nearby tamworth . evans was stationed at whittington barracks near lichfield -- an army base in close proximity to tamworth -- when judith was dragged from her bicycle and battered to death in june 1972 , and later confessed to the crime after seeing the girl 's face in a dream . evans was charged with judith 's murder in october 1972 after he presented himself at a local police station , asking to see a photograph of the victim , and making a signed statement following three days of interviews in which he maintained his guilt . although he subsequently retracted his confession , a jury convicted him of murder following a trial in 1973 , and he was sentenced to life imprisonment . advised he had no grounds for appeal , evans spent the next two decades in prison before his case came to the attention of the british media in 1994 , and was taken up by the human rights group '' justice '' when he contacted them about it . with no other evidence against him apart from his own words , and strong evidence that he was suffering from false memories as the result of anxiety and depression at the time of his arrest , evans 's conviction was overturned by the court of appeal in 1997 ; and he was released from prison . as of 1997 the time he spent in custody was the longest period served by an individual in the united kingdom as the result of a miscarriage of justice . evans was awarded # 750,000 in compensation from the home office in 2000 , while the identity of the real killer remains unknown to the present day .
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- known for is wrongful murder conviction- birth date is 1950s- name is andrew evans- nationality is british