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Wrongly
Convicted Database
Record
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Years
Imprisoned:
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6 |
Charge: |
Robbery (includes armed robbery) |
Sentence: |
8 years |
Year Convicted: |
1991 |
Year
Cleared:
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2001 |
Location
of Trial:
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United Kingdom |
Result:
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Judicially Exonerated (either after completion of sentence or while released on appeal) |
Summary
of Case:
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"Wrongly convicted in 1991 of the 1990 robbery of a postal van. He was sentenced to 8 years in prison. Alex Allan was released in 1997, and exonerated in 2001. He was awarded £169,550 ($328,500) in compensation in November 2006. " |
Conviction
Caused By:
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Innocence
Proved By:
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Defendant
Aided By:
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"Northubria University law students helped Alex Allan secure £170,000 compensation " |
Compensation Awarded: |
"Awarded £169,550 in November 2006. ($328,500 at the Nov 2006 exchange rate.)" |
Was Perpetrator Found? |
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Age
When Imprisoned:
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30 |
Age
When Released:
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36 |
Information Source 1: |
"£170,000 for man wrongly locked up, By Paul James and Emma Greenhalgh, The Journal (Newcastle, England), Nov 11 2006." |
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"A law unto themselves, By Lindsay Jennings, The Northern Echo, January 5, 2007." |
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http://www.thisisthenortheast.co.uk/features/leader/display.var.1104681.0.a_law_unto_themselves.php |
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Ethnicity/Skin:
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White |
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