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Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Rape |
Sentence: |
6 years |
Years Imprisoned: |
3 |
Year Crime: |
2008 |
Year Convicted: |
2009 |
Year Cleared: |
2013 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
United Kingdom |
County or Region of Crime: |
Northern Ireland |
City of Crime: |
Belfast |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
Tonderai Chakwana |
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Defendant Aided By: |
UK Criminal Case Review Commission |
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Was Perpetrator Identified? |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
35 |
Age When Released: |
38 |
Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
Black |
Information Source 1: |
"Rape conviction overturned: Jailed man cleared after prosecutors omitted details of woman’s sex life, Staff writers, Belfast Telegraph, May 14, 2013" |
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http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/rape-conviction-overturned-jailed-man-cleared-after-prosecutors-omitted-details-of-womans-sex-life-29263694.html |
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"Conviction quashed of man jailed for rape, U.TV,June 13, 2012" |
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http://www.u.tv/News/Conviction-quashed-of-man-jailed-for-rape/ac492ac3-f9b8-4f86-90c5-905b53dc83c6 |
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