Don Gordon Campbell

Go to Database Search Page

Go to Database Index Page

Charge:	Child Exploitation Material
Sentence:
Years Imprisoned:
Year Crime:
Year Convicted:
Year Cleared:	2009
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Australia
County or Region of Crime:	Queensland
City of Crime:	Brisbane
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Don Gordon Campbell was wrongly convicted in September 2008 at the Brisbane District Court of possessing child exploitation material based on a fictional five-page story found by his wife and turned over to a psychologist the couple were consulting for counseling. The psychologist turned the document over to the police. Police searched the couple's home and found a copy of the document on one of the couple's five computers. Don Campbell pled not guilty to one charge of possessing a child exploitation material, but he was found guilty and sentenced to a 12-month intensive correction order, which is a jail sentence served in the community. Campbell appealed, and on May 22, 2009 the Queensland Court of Appeal unanimously ordered Campbell's acquittal. The Court of Appeal ruled the Crown had not proved Campbell had "knowing possession'' of the document. Justice Martin Daubney wrote in the judgement, "I consider there was not, as a matter of law, sufficient evidence to sustain the verdict,''"
Conviction Caused By:
Innocence Proved By:	"On May 22, 2009 the Queensland Court of Appeal unanimously ordered Campbell's acquittal."
Defendant Aided By:
Compensation Awarded:
Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:
Age When Released:
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:
Information Source 1:	R v Campbell [2009] QCA 128 (08-0242) (05-22-2009).pdf
Information Location 1:
Information Source 2:	"Man wins appeal over fictional sex story, By Amelia Bentley (staff), Brisbane Times, May 22, 2009"
Information Location 2:	http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/man-wins-appeal-over-fictional-sex-story-20090522-bhzb.html
Information Source 3:
Information Location 3:
Information Source 4:
Information Location 4:
Information Source 5:
Information Location 5:
Book About Case:
Book Information:
Book About Case (2):
Book Information (2):
Movie About Case:
Comments About Case:

Go to Database Search Page

Go to Database Index Page

Don Gordon Campbell

Charge:

Child Exploitation Material

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

Year Cleared:

2009

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Australia

County or Region of Crime:

Queensland

City of Crime:

Brisbane

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On May 22, 2009 the Queensland Court of Appeal unanimously ordered Campbell's acquittal."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Information Source 1:

R v Campbell [2009] QCA 128 (08-0242) (05-22-2009).pdf

Information Location 1:

Information Source 2:

"Man wins appeal over fictional sex story, By Amelia Bentley (staff), Brisbane Times, May 22, 2009"

Information Location 2:

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/man-wins-appeal-over-fictional-sex-story-20090522-bhzb.html

Information Source 3:

Information Location 3:

Information Source 4:

Information Location 4:

Information Source 5:

Information Location 5:

Book About Case:

Book Information:

Book About Case (2):

Book Information (2):

Movie About Case:

Comments About Case: