Roger Beardmore

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Charge:	Rape
Sentence:	9 years
Years Imprisoned:	3.75
Year Crime:	1993
Year Convicted:	1998
Year Cleared:	2001
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	United Kingdom
County or Region of Crime:	England
City of Crime:	Stoke
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Roger Beardmore was wrongly convicted of rape and attempted rape at the Stafford Crown Court in March 1998 based on the false accusation and testimony by an 11-year-old girl that the offenses had occurred from 1991 to 1993 (when she was four to six years old). Three years later admitted she made the whole thing up to gain the attention of her mother. Based on the new evidence Beardmore's conviction was reversed in December 2001. "The girl, now 14, told police that she made up the allegations. "I have put a man in prison for no reason," she said.""
Conviction Caused By:	"Deliberate false eyewitness testimony of the alleged rape victim, who wasn't raped at all, and made up the story to attract the attention of her mother."
Innocence Proved By:	Eyewitness/Victim recanted.
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Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	34
Age When Released:	37
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
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Roger Beardmore

Charge:

Rape

Sentence:

9 years

Years Imprisoned:

3.75

Year Crime:

1993

Year Convicted:

1998

Year Cleared:

2001

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

England

City of Crime:

Stoke

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

"Deliberate false eyewitness testimony of the alleged rape victim, who wasn't raped at all, and made up the story to attract the attention of her mother."

Innocence Proved By:

Eyewitness/Victim recanted.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

34

Age When Released:

37

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

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