Gurmeet Bhangal

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Charge:	Sexual Assault (includes aggravated)
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Years Imprisoned:	0.33
Year Crime:	2011
Year Convicted:	2013
Year Cleared:	2015
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Canada
County or Region of Crime:	Ontario
City of Crime:	Brampton
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Gurmeet “Bill” Bhangal was wrongly convicted in February 2013 of sexual assaulting an 18-year-old young woman on April 25, 2011 when he was 45. Bhangal's conviction was based on the testimony of the young woman that he kissed and fondled her under her clothes without her permission while she was in his SUV, while he testified that the incident never occurred. The young woman did not allege that she suffered any physical injuries. At the time of the alleged assault the young woman worked for Bhangal. In March 2013 Bhangal was sentenced to four months house arrest. Bhangal appealed and his conviction was quashed in 2014. He was acquitted on January 12, 2015 after a retrial."
Conviction Caused By:	"False accusation by the alleged "victim.""
Innocence Proved By:	"On January 12, 2015 Gurmeet “Bill” Bhangal was acquitted after a retrial."
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Age When Imprisoned:	47
Age When Released:	47
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Former husband of Conservative candidate has sex assault conviction overturned, By Pam Douglas, Brampton Guardian, January 15, 2015"
Information Location 1:	http://www.bramptonguardian.com/news-story/5260863-former-husband-of-conservative-candidate-has-sex-assault-conviction-overturned/
Information Source 2:	"Brampton man gets house arrest for sex assault on teen, By: Alyshah Hasham (Staff reporter), The Star, March 6, 2013"
Information Location 2:	http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2013/03/06/brampton_man_gets_house_arrest_for_sex_assault_on_teen.html
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Gurmeet Bhangal

Charge:

Sexual Assault (includes aggravated)

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

0.33

Year Crime:

2011

Year Convicted:

2013

Year Cleared:

2015

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Canada

County or Region of Crime:

Ontario

City of Crime:

Brampton

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

"False accusation by the alleged "victim.""

Innocence Proved By:

"On January 12, 2015 Gurmeet “Bill” Bhangal was acquitted after a retrial."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

47

Age When Released:

47

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Former husband of Conservative candidate has sex assault conviction overturned, By Pam Douglas, Brampton Guardian, January 15, 2015"

Information Location 1:

http://www.bramptonguardian.com/news-story/5260863-former-husband-of-conservative-candidate-has-sex-assault-conviction-overturned/

Information Source 2:

"Brampton man gets house arrest for sex assault on teen, By: Alyshah Hasham (Staff reporter), The Star, March 6, 2013"

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http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2013/03/06/brampton_man_gets_house_arrest_for_sex_assault_on_teen.html

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