The Justice Gap interviewed Felicity about the campaign to posthumously pardon Christine Keeler for convictions of perjury and perverting the course of justice, for which she was charged at the height of the Profumo Affair.
Felicity Gerry argues that there was no ‘perjury’. ‘If you lie in court, it’s only ‘perjury’ or ‘perverting the course of justice’, if it’s what’s called a ‘material lie’. That has been that law for hundreds of years now. She didn’t really lie. She didn’t mention two people who were there,’
While the Criminal Case Review Commission acknowledged that the Keeler case had merit, they rejected her family’s application – after a three and a half year wait. In response to this decision, Ms Keeler’s family and Felicity delivered a petition to the Ministry of Justice, along with a 300 page dossier on the circumstances and context of Christine Keeler’s treatment.
