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Russell Broughton

 

Charge:

Assault (Including Battery)

Sentence:

8 years

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1997

Year Cleared:

2004

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

England

City of Crime:

Birmingham

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

"Russell Broughton was wrongly convicted on March 20, 1997 of unlawful wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm. After his conviction by a jury in the Birmingham Crown Court he was sentenced to eight years in prison. Broughton's conviction was quashed on July 7, 2004 by the Court of Appeal after being referred by the Criminal Case Review Commission on Oct. 23, 2003."

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"Conviction quashed on July 7, 2004 by the UK's Court of Appeals after being referred by the Criminal Case Review Commission."

Defendant Aided By:

Criminal Case Review Commission

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Male

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Information Source 1:

"Commission refers conviction of Mr Russell Broughton to Court of Appeal, M2.com"

Information Location 1:

http://www.m2.com/m2/web/story.php/20038031CB8C448C88C985256DD4005E8A25

Information Source 2:

Criminal Case Review Commission

Information Location 2:

http://www.ccrc.gov.uk/cases/case_referred.asp?page=2&name=^^^&offence=^^^&year=^^^&appealyear=^^^

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