Gavin Burnett

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Charge:	Robbery (includes armed robbery)
Sentence:	9-1/2 years
Years Imprisoned:	1.33
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Year Convicted:	2007
Year Cleared:	2008
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	United Kingdom
County or Region of Crime:	England
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Gavin Burnett was wrongly convicted in July 2007 of two robberies. The primary evidence was a pair of shoes that police investigators said they found outside his house that bore traces of a pink dye found on a cash box stolen during one of the robberies. Gavin Burnett was sentenced to 9-1/2 years in prison. After his trial it was discovered that the shoes found outside his house did not have any dye on them, and that the two investigating officers had complaints pending against them for their conduct. In November 2008 the Court of Appeals quashed Burnett's conviction and no retrial was ordered, because without the shoe evidence their was insufficient evidence he was involvedin the robberies. Burnett was released after a year and four months of wrongful imprisonment."
Conviction Caused By:	Police misconduct of apparently manufacturing evidence to link Burnett to the robberies.
Innocence Proved By:	"Conviction overturned by the Court of Appeal in November 2008, and no retrial was ordered because of insufficient evidence."
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Age When Imprisoned:	25
Age When Released:	26
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Court of Appeal overturns 'smelly trainers' conviction, Northampton Chronicle, November 21, 2008"
Information Location 1:	http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/Court-of-Appeal-overturns-39smelly.4717553.jp
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Gavin Burnett

Charge:

Robbery (includes armed robbery)

Sentence:

9-1/2 years

Years Imprisoned:

1.33

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

2007

Year Cleared:

2008

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

England

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Police misconduct of apparently manufacturing evidence to link Burnett to the robberies.

Innocence Proved By:

"Conviction overturned by the Court of Appeal in November 2008, and no retrial was ordered because of insufficient evidence."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

25

Age When Released:

26

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Court of Appeal overturns 'smelly trainers' conviction, Northampton Chronicle, November 21, 2008"

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http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/Court-of-Appeal-overturns-39smelly.4717553.jp

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