Shirley Banfield

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	18 yrs to life imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	1
Year Crime:	2001
Year Convicted:	2012
Year Cleared:	2013
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	United Kingdom
County or Region of Crime:	England
City of Crime:	Canterbury
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Shirley Banfield and her daughter Lynette Banfield were codenfedants wrongly convicted in 2012 of murder the murder of Donald Banfield, who disappeared in May 2001. Donald, who was never seen again, was Shirley's husband and Lynette's father. After their conviction by a jury Shirley was sentenced to 18 years to life imprisonment, and Lynette was sentenced to 16 years to life imprisonment. In 2013 the Court of Criminal Appeals for England and Wales quashed Shirley and Lynette's convictions on the basis the prosecution introduced insufficient evidence that either was present at the time of Donald's disappearance."
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Innocence Proved By:	In 2013 the Court of Criminal Appeals for England and Wales quashed Shirley and Lynette's convictions on the basis the prosecution introduced insufficient evidence that either was present at the time of Donald's death.
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Age When Imprisoned:	65
Age When Released:	66
Sex:	Female
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"R v. Shirley Banfield & Lynette Banfield, [2013] EWCA Crim 1394"
Information Location 1:	http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Crim/2013/1394.html
Information Source 2:	"Shirley and Lynette Banfield's murder convictions quashed, BBC News, July 31, 2013"
Information Location 2:	http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-23522195
Information Source 3:	"Wife and daughter accused of killing Wealdstone man Don Banfield have murder convictions quashed, By Court Reporter, Harrow Times, August 1, 2013"
Information Location 3:	http://www.harrowtimes.co.uk/news/10585245.Wife_and_daughter_of_Don_Banfield_have_murder_convictions_quashed/
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Shirley Banfield

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

18 yrs to life imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

1

Year Crime:

2001

Year Convicted:

2012

Year Cleared:

2013

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

England

City of Crime:

Canterbury

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

In 2013 the Court of Criminal Appeals for England and Wales quashed Shirley and Lynette's convictions on the basis the prosecution introduced insufficient evidence that either was present at the time of Donald's death.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

65

Age When Released:

66

Sex:

Female

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"R v. Shirley Banfield & Lynette Banfield, [2013] EWCA Crim 1394"

Information Location 1:

http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Crim/2013/1394.html

Information Source 2:

"Shirley and Lynette Banfield's murder convictions quashed, BBC News, July 31, 2013"

Information Location 2:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-23522195

Information Source 3:

"Wife and daughter accused of killing Wealdstone man Don Banfield have murder convictions quashed, By Court Reporter, Harrow Times, August 1, 2013"

Information Location 3:

http://www.harrowtimes.co.uk/news/10585245.Wife_and_daughter_of_Don_Banfield_have_murder_convictions_quashed/

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