Sion Jenkins, who served six years for his foster daughter's murder before he was acquitted, has been refused compensation, it has emerged.
Mr Jenkins had his murder conviction overturned and two subsequent juries were unable to reach verdicts.
Billie-Jo Jenkins, 14, was killed with a metal tent peg at her foster family's home in Hastings, East Sussex, in 1997.
Mr Jenkins had sought up to ?500,000 damages. Police say the case is "unresolved".
The Ministry of Justice said it would not comment on individual cases but that damages for wrongful imprisonment were paid only when a person was shown to be "clearly innocent."
Law 'very difficult' for Jenkins
Jenkins 'vilified' over Billie-Jo
In the 1998 trial, Mr Jenkins was convicted of murdering his foster daughter Billie-Jo at the family home in Hastings and jailed for life.
He maintained his innocence, and in 2005 successfully launched an appeal against his conviction. He was released pending a new trial.
He was retried, but the jury was unable to reach a verdict. Another trial, a year later, also ended with the jury hung.
In a newspaper interview in 2008, Mr Jenkins said during six years he spent in jail he was physically assaulted and members of his family died.
He also said he "lost the childhood of his daughters" who had emigrated to Tasmania with his former wife and her new partner following the original conviction.
Sussex Police said: "The murder of Billie-Jo Jenkins in 1997 remains an unresolved case and is therefore subject to review in the event of any new and compelling evidence coming to light.
"We will continue actively to pursue any viable lines of enquiry put to us, but none have emerged."
Good to see there was at least some bit of justice!
Mr Jenkins had his murder conviction overturned and two subsequent juries were unable to reach verdicts.
Billie-Jo Jenkins, 14, was killed with a metal tent peg at her foster family's home in Hastings, East Sussex, in 1997.
Mr Jenkins had sought up to ?500,000 damages. Police say the case is "unresolved".
The Ministry of Justice said it would not comment on individual cases but that damages for wrongful imprisonment were paid only when a person was shown to be "clearly innocent."
Law 'very difficult' for Jenkins
Jenkins 'vilified' over Billie-Jo
In the 1998 trial, Mr Jenkins was convicted of murdering his foster daughter Billie-Jo at the family home in Hastings and jailed for life.
He maintained his innocence, and in 2005 successfully launched an appeal against his conviction. He was released pending a new trial.
He was retried, but the jury was unable to reach a verdict. Another trial, a year later, also ended with the jury hung.
In a newspaper interview in 2008, Mr Jenkins said during six years he spent in jail he was physically assaulted and members of his family died.
He also said he "lost the childhood of his daughters" who had emigrated to Tasmania with his former wife and her new partner following the original conviction.
Sussex Police said: "The murder of Billie-Jo Jenkins in 1997 remains an unresolved case and is therefore subject to review in the event of any new and compelling evidence coming to light.
"We will continue actively to pursue any viable lines of enquiry put to us, but none have emerged."
Good to see there was at least some bit of justice!