B.C. man granted appeal of 26-year-old rape convictions

The B.C. Court of Appeal has granted an appeal to Ivan William Henry, a B.C. man who has spent 26 years in prison for a series of rapes he claims he didn't commit.

Henry was convicted in 1983 of three counts of rape and several other sex-related offences following attacks on eight women in Vancouver. He was declared a dangerous offender and remains in custody and is now about 60 years old.

However, a review by a special prosecutor found there may have been a miscarriage of justice and on Tuesday, the province's highest court agreed to reopen the case.

Henry's lawyer, David Layton, said police and the trial judge made serious errors in the case.

Police investigating the case of convicted serial killer Robert Pickton unearthed new information in 2002 suggesting another man, not Henry, may have been involved in the attacks, according to Layton.