Jan Christofides

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	9
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Year Convicted:	1992
Year Cleared:	2001
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	United Kingdom
County or Region of Crime:	England
City of Crime:	London
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Jan Christofides was wrongly convicted on Novemer 12, 1992 of murder in London, England. After his conviction by a jury Christofides was sentenced to life in prison. On March 28, 2000 the Criminal Cases Review Commission referred Christofides' case to the Court of Appeal. On April 4, 2001 the UK's Court of Appeals quashed Christofides' conviction."
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Innocence Proved By:	"Conviction quashed on April 4, 2001 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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Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"R v. Jan Christofides [2001] EWCA Crim 906 (11th April, 2001) (Quashing conviction)"
Information Location 1:	http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Crim/2001/906.html
Information Source 2:	Criminal Case Review Commission
Information Location 2:	http://www.ccrc.gov.uk/cases/case_referred.asp?page=3&name=^^^&offence=^^^&year=^^^&appealyear=^^^
Information Source 3:	"Recent Case Statatistics, Criminal Cases Review Commission"
Information Location 3:	http://www.ccrc.gov.uk/latestnews/latestnews_case.html
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Jan Christofides

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

9

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1992

Year Cleared:

2001

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

England

City of Crime:

London

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"Conviction quashed on April 4, 2001 by the UK's Court of Appeals after being referred by the Criminal Case Review Commission."

Defendant Aided By:

Criminal Case Review Commission

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Information Source 1:

"R v. Jan Christofides [2001] EWCA Crim 906 (11th April, 2001) (Quashing conviction)"

Information Location 1:

http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Crim/2001/906.html

Information Source 2:

Criminal Case Review Commission

Information Location 2:

http://www.ccrc.gov.uk/cases/case_referred.asp?page=3&name=^^^&offence=^^^&year=^^^&appealyear=^^^

Information Source 3:

"Recent Case Statatistics, Criminal Cases Review Commission"

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

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