TWO killers are to have their convictions reviewed amid claims they may have suffered a miscarriage of justice.

Andrew Affleck, 31, and Dominic Ferrie, 29, have claimed they are wrongly behind bars and were jailed after flaws in their trials.

Affleck was caged for a minimum of 27 years in October 2003 after being found guilty of deliberately starting a blaze which claimed the lives of three people.

Affleck, of Irvine, Ayrshire, was jailed after confessing to his girlfriend that he had stuffed burning paper through the letter box of Diane Docherty's house.

He later told police he had conducted a hate campaign against Miss Docherty after discovering she was in a relationship with a convicted rapist.

Sisters Carrie Murray, 12, and Anna Teraysa, 18, and their friend Amanda Cooper, 20, all died in the fire.

His sentence was later reduced to 23 years following an appeal.

Ferrie of Wishaw, Lanarkshire, is currently serving a 14 year jail term for his part in the brutal slaying of a Celtic fan during a house party in the town.

Last night it emerged the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission had sent both cases back to the High Court for review.

Affleck has claimed he did not receive a fair trial because an eyewitness who placed him at the scene changed their statement after being charged with drug offences.

It has since emerged that the witness only identified Affleck at the scene of the crime during their fourth statement and after they had been charged.

He claims his Human Rights have been affected by prosecutors not revealing this at the time of his trial.

In Ferrie's case the Commission said they believe a miscarriage of justice may have been committed because he could not be directly linked to the fatal attack.

During his trial the jury had deleted part of the charge against him which stated David James had been thrown out the flat window.

David, 37, was thrown out the first floor window during a party to celebrate Celtic beating their rivals Rangers 3-0.

A trial heard Stephen Nisbet, 32, had beaten David with a concrete slab at a flat in Craigneuk, Wishaw, Lanarkshire, in April 2001.

Stewart Quinn and Ferrie, who also took part in the killing, were jailed for 18 and 14 years respectively.

Nisbet was later jailed for 18 years.

Earlier appeals by Ferrie, Quinn and Nisbet against conviction were refused by the High Court in 2005.