Sirfraze Ahmed

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Charge:	Robbery (includes armed robbery)
Sentence:	4 years
Years Imprisoned:	0.67
Year Crime:	2004
Year Convicted:	2006
Year Cleared:	2007
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	United Kingdom
County or Region of Crime:	England
City of Crime:	Bodenham
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Sirfraze Ahmed was wrongly convicted in October 2006 of a 2004 robbery based on four of his fingerprints found on a plastic bag that had beenin the victim's car. Ahmed was a mechanic who had worked on the victim's car. He denied being involved in the robbery and his defense was his prints must have gotten on the bag when he touched it while working on the car. After the jury found Sirfraze Ahmed guilty, he was sentenced to four years imprisonment. In June 2007 the Court of Appeals quashed his conviction on the basis the four fingerprints were insufficient evidence he was involved in the robbery in the absence of any corroborating evidence."
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Innocence Proved By:	In June 2007 the Court of Appeals quashed his conviction on the basis there was insufficient evidence that he was involved in the robbery.
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Age When Imprisoned:	31
Age When Released:	32
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Middle eastern roots
Information Source 1:	"Conviction quashed, By Staff writer, Hereford Times, June 28, 2007"
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Sirfraze Ahmed

Charge:

Robbery (includes armed robbery)

Sentence:

4 years

Years Imprisoned:

0.67

Year Crime:

2004

Year Convicted:

2006

Year Cleared:

2007

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

England

City of Crime:

Bodenham

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

In June 2007 the Court of Appeals quashed his conviction on the basis there was insufficient evidence that he was involved in the robbery.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

31

Age When Released:

32

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Middle eastern roots

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"Conviction quashed, By Staff writer, Hereford Times, June 28, 2007"

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http://www.herefordtimes.com/news/1504793.Conviction_quashed/l/

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