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Derek Borrows

 

Charge:

Highway related

Sentence:

12 months probation & £50 fine

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

1998

Year Convicted:

1999

Year Cleared:

2001

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

England

City of Crime:

Harrow

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

"Derek Borrows was wrongly convicted on January 22, 1999 at Harrow Magistrates Court, of willful obstruction of a highway. He was sentenced to 12 months probation and fined £50. Borrows'' application for leave to appeal against conviction was refused by the Crown Court on January 25, 2000. He applied to the Criminal Cases Review Commission on March 1, 2000 for a review of his conviction. After investigating his case, the CCRC referred Borrows' conviction to the Crown Court on June 27, 2001. Borrows' conviction was quashed on September 28, 2001."

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"Borrows conviction was quashed by the Crown Court on September 28, 2001 after referral by the Criminal Cases Review Commission"

Defendant Aided By:

Criminal Cases Review Commission

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Sex:

Male

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Information Source 1:

"Commission Refers Conviction of Derek Borrows To Crown Court, CCRC Press Release, gov-news.org, January 23, 2001"

Information Location 1:

http://www.gov-news.org/gov/uk/news/conviction_of_derek_borrows_referred_to_crown/7167.html

Information Source 2:

"Recent Case Statatistics, Criminal Cases Review Commission"

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http://www.ccrc.gov.uk/latestnews/latestnews_case.html

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