Paddy Hill: Founder of MOJO support group

The new group said it believed the Criminal Case Review Commission "sorely lacked" the funds necessary to thoroughly investigate the caseloads.

Wednesday marks the 10th anniversary of the release of the Birmingham Six, who were convicted of a bombing in the 1970s.

Mr O'Brien last year received interim compensation of �100,000 after his conviction for the death of Philip Saunders 12 years ago was quashed.

He was convicted along with Ellis Sherwood and Darren Hall in 1988.

The compensation payment is likely to be followed by an eventual pay-out of up to �750,000.

Michael O'Brien: Inquiry demand

Mr O'Brien - who has put his own money into Mojo - plans to sue the police separately in order to gain exemplary damages from them.

Last month, he made a fresh appeal for the inquiry to be re-opened - on the anniversary of his wrongful conviction.

Mr O'Brien has also claimed that he was denied a copy of a report compiled for the Police Complaints Authority on the conduct of police officers in the case.

Murder convictions against Mr O'Brien, Mr Hall and Mr Sherwood were quashed by the Appeal Court in December, 1999.

Serious questions were raised during the hearing about the conduct of investigating officers from South Wales Police who were alleged to have shown a "systematic disregard" of the rules governing interrogation of suspects.