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Mohammed Aftab

 

Charge:

Illegal Taxi (plying for customers illegally)

Sentence:

"£190 fine, £20 victim surcharge, and £500 prosecution cost"

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2014

Year Convicted:

2014

Year Cleared:

2015

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

England

City of Crime:

Accrington

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

"Mohammed Aftab was wrongly convicted in 2014 of illegally plying for customers in his private vehicle. Aftab's defense was that he had accepted passengers in the mistaken belief they were customers who had booked his vehicle from a nearby location. He was sentenced to £190 fine, £20 victim surcharge, and £500 in prosecution costs. Aftab appealed. On January 15, 2015 the Crown Court quashed Aftab's conviction on the basis there was insufficient evidence he had any criminal intent, and thus, “As there was a reasonable doubt about the commission of an offence, the case could not be proved beyond reasonable doubt.”"

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On January 15, 2015 the Crown Court quashed Aftab's conviction on the basis there was insufficient evidence he had any criminal intent, and thus, “As there was a reasonable doubt about the commission of an offence, the case could not be proved beyond reasonable doubt.”"

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Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Other

Information Source 1:

"Accrington taxi driver has conviction for illegally plying for hire overturned, By Staff writer, Lancashire Telegraph, April 16, 2015"

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http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/hyndburn/12894213.Accrington_taxi_driver_has_conviction_for_illegally_plying_for_hire_overturned/

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