Ronan Bennett

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	1.5
Year Crime:	1974
Year Convicted:	1974
Year Cleared:	1975
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	United Kingdom
County or Region of Crime:	Northern Ireland
City of Crime:	Merville Garden Village
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	Ronan Bennett was wrongly convicted in 1975 of the IRA murder of a policeman in Northern Ireland. His conviction was quashed in 1975. In 1979 Bennett was cleared of charges that included possessing an explosive substance.
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Age When Imprisoned:	18
Age When Released:	19
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Ronan Bennett, Wikipedia.org"
Information Location 1:	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronan_Bennett
Information Source 2:	" Flirty TV chef Nigella Lawson enjoys secret date with man wrongly convicted of the IRA murder of a cop, By Dan Sales and Laura Armstrong, The Sun (London, UK), February 25, 2017"
Information Location 2:	https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/2956336/flirty-tv-chef-nigella-lawson-enjoys-secret-date-with-man-wrongly-convicted-of-the-ira-murder-of-a-cop/
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Ronan Bennett

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

1.5

Year Crime:

1974

Year Convicted:

1974

Year Cleared:

1975

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

Northern Ireland

City of Crime:

Merville Garden Village

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Ronan Bennett was wrongly convicted in 1975 of the IRA murder of a policeman in Northern Ireland. His conviction was quashed in 1975. In 1979 Bennett was cleared of charges that included possessing an explosive substance.

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

18

Age When Released:

19

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Ronan Bennett, Wikipedia.org"

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronan_Bennett

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" Flirty TV chef Nigella Lawson enjoys secret date with man wrongly convicted of the IRA murder of a cop, By Dan Sales and Laura Armstrong, The Sun (London, UK), February 25, 2017"

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https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/2956336/flirty-tv-chef-nigella-lawson-enjoys-secret-date-with-man-wrongly-convicted-of-the-ira-murder-of-a-cop/

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