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Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Murder and Robbery |
Sentence: |
Life Imprisonment |
Years Imprisoned: |
2 |
Year Crime: |
1995 |
Year Convicted: |
1997 |
Year Cleared: |
1998 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
United Kingdom |
County or Region of Crime: |
England |
City of Crime: |
Hull |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Posthumously - Died in prison |
Summary of Case: |
"Michael Beadle was a codefendant of Gary Shaffi, David Noble and Craig Lane, who were wrongly convicted in November 1997 of the murder and robbery of 73-year-old pensioner Frederick Barnett on December 29, 1995 in his home in east Hull, England. Their prosecution was based on a jailhouse informant who testified that Shaffi confessed to him that he and the other three men committed the crime, and several witnesses testified they saw the four men outside Barnett's house the night of the crime. The four were sentenced to life in prison. The four were acquitted on appeal in November 1998. Michael Beadle's exoneration was posthumous because he died in prison in March 1998." |
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Innocence Proved By: |
"Michael Beadle, Gary Shaffi, David Noble and Craig Lane were acquitted on appeal in November 1998. Beadle's acquittal was posthumous because he died in prison in March 1998." |
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Was Perpetrator Identified? |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
23 |
Age When Released: |
25 |
Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
White |
Information Source 1: |
Innocent UK website |
Information Location 1: |
http://www.innocent.org.uk/cases/ |
Information Source 2: |
"Michael Beadle, Historic Cases, InsideJusticeUK.com" |
Information Location 2: |
http://www.insidejusticeuk.com/cases/historic-cases.php |
Information Source 3: |
"Mum's agony at death of son who was wrongly convicted of murder, By Staff, Hull Daily Mail, January 5, 2017" |
Information Location 3: |
http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/mum-s-agony-at-death-of-son-who-was-wrongly-convicted-of-murder/story-30031178-detail/story.html |
Information Source 4: |
"Tobacco man murder still unsolved after 21 years, By Staff, Hull Daily Mail, December 31, 2016" |
Information Location 4: |
http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/tobacco-man-murder-still-unsolved-after-21-years/story-29992288-detail/story.html |
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