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Wrongly
Convicted Database
Record
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Years
Imprisoned:
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27 |
Charge: |
Murder |
Sentence: |
Life Imprisonment |
Year Convicted: |
1975 |
Year
Cleared:
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2002 |
Location
of Trial:
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United Kingdom |
Result:
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Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary
of Case:
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Wrongly convicted of murdering a woman in 1974 based on his alleged confession that was contradictory to the evidence. Conviction quashed by the Court of Appeals on January 15, 2002. Awarded an interim compensation award of £250,000, and in October 2006 awarded an additional £500,000 compensation, for a total of £750,000 ($1,403,584 conversion rate on 10-16-2006). |
Conviction
Caused By:
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False confession. |
Innocence
Proved By:
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Court of Appeals quashed conviction on Januaary 15, 2002 after referral by the Criminal Cases Review Commission
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Defendant
Aided By:
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Compensation Awarded: |
£750,000 total, £500,000 (October 2006) and £250,000 earlier interim payment) |
Was Perpetrator Found? |
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Age
When Imprisoned:
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17 |
Age
When Released:
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45 |
Information Source 1: |
Innocent UK website |
Information
Location 1:
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http://www.innocent.org.uk/cases/ |
Information
Source 2:
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Recent Case Statatistics, Criminal Cases Review Commission |
Information
Location 2:
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http://www.ccrc.gov.uk/latestnews/latestnews_case.html |
Information
Source 3:
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£500,000 payout for 'bakewell tart' murder suspect, Evening Standard, October 16, 2006 |
Information
Location 3:
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http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23371010-details/%C2%A3500,000+payout+for+'Bakewell+Tart'+murder+suspect/article.do |
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Location 5:
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Ethnicity/Skin:
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White |
Book
About
Case:
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Town Without Pity by Don Hale (Century 2002) |
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Information:
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Comments About Case: |
Falsely confessed |
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