Mother's joy as British son is released from Crete jail and acquitted of murder charges

A mum has spoken of her joy after her British son was acquitted of a murder charge and released from jail in Crete.

Carole Litchmore told Good Morning Britain that the past year had been "the worst ordeal for any family bar death".

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Her son, university student Myles Litchmore-Dunbar, was acquitted of killing a fellow British tourist on the holiday Island of Crete last summer, and is expected to fly home later.

The 20-year-old was released yesterday after spending more than a year in a Greek jail for a crime he has now been cleared of.

Tyrell Matthews-Burton was killed while celebrating his nineteenth birthday, when he was stabbed to death outside a bar in Malia during a drunken fight, involving up to 30 British people.

Police immediately arrested and later charged 20-year-old Myles with murder, but his trial only started last month.

He and his family have always protested his innocence saying he was trying to break up the brawl.

Myles said it feels surreal" to be free after he was released from a jail in Crete after murder charges against him were dropped.

On his release yesterday, Myles spoke of his relief: "I am feeling on top of the world. It's surreal. I just want to get outside and for the fresh air to hit me, and go back into freedom after so long, be able to return to life, return to university and my family."