Andrew August

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Charge:	Arson
Sentence:	1 year 8 months
Years Imprisoned:	0.18
Year Crime:	2015
Year Convicted:	2016
Year Cleared:	2016
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Vanuatu
County or Region of Crime:	Espiritu Santo
City of Crime:	Big Bay Bush
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Andrew August was wrongly convicted on May 19, 2016 of one count of arson that was alleged to have occurred on July 16, 2015 at Mataripu Village, Big Bay Bush, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu. On May 24, 2016 August was sentenced to 1 year and 8 months in prison commencing on May 17, 2016 when he was taken into custody at the start of his trial. August appealed. On July 22, 2016 the Vanuatu Court of Appeals quashed Andrew August's conviction on the basis the prosecution failed to introduce sufficient evidence to prove his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, and the trial judge placed an onus on August to establish he was not the culprit."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On July 22, 2016 the Vanuatu Court of Appeals quashed Andrew August's conviction on the basis the prosecution failed to introduce sufficient evidence to prove his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, and the trial judge placed an onus on August to establish he was not the culprit."
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Information Source 1:	"August v Public Prosecutor [2016] VUCA 40; Criminal Appeal Case 1776 of 2016 (Court of Appeal of Vanuatu, July 22, 2016) (Reversing conviction based on insufficient evidence of August's guilt.)"
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Andrew August

Charge:

Arson

Sentence:

1 year 8 months

Years Imprisoned:

0.18

Year Crime:

2015

Year Convicted:

2016

Year Cleared:

2016

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Vanuatu

County or Region of Crime:

Espiritu Santo

City of Crime:

Big Bay Bush

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

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Innocence Proved By:

"On July 22, 2016 the Vanuatu Court of Appeals quashed Andrew August's conviction on the basis the prosecution failed to introduce sufficient evidence to prove his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, and the trial judge placed an onus on August to establish he was not the culprit."

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Male

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"August v Public Prosecutor [2016] VUCA 40; Criminal Appeal Case 1776 of 2016 (Court of Appeal of Vanuatu, July 22, 2016) (Reversing conviction based on insufficient evidence of August's guilt.)"

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http://www.paclii.org/vu/cases/VUCA/2016/40.html

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