Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Blackmail |
Sentence: |
2 years 9 months |
Years Imprisoned: |
2 |
Year Crime: |
2009 |
Year Convicted: |
2011 |
Year Cleared: |
2013 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
New Zealand |
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City of Crime: |
Christchurch |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
"Ritchie Stuart Clutterbuck was wrongly convicted of blackmail in Christchurch, New Zealand. Ritchie Clutterbuck was sentenced to two years in prison. On August 15, 2013 New Zealand's Court of Appeal quashed Clutterbuck's conviction and declined to order a retrial." |
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"On August 15, 2013 New Zealand's Court of Appeal quashed Clutterbuck's conviction and declined to order a retrial." |
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Was Perpetrator Identified? |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
47 |
Age When Released: |
49 |
Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
White |
Information Source 1: |
Clutterbuck v R [2013] NZCA 373 (15 August 2013) |
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http://www.nzlii.org/nz/cases/NZCA/2013/373.html |
Information Source 2: |
"Man says he is struggling after blackmail conviction quashed, By David Clarkson, Christchurch Court News, November 12, 2013" |
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http://courtnews.co.nz/2013/11/12/blackmail-conviction-quashed/#axzz2kfI1V2yA |
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