Barry Cook

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Charge:	Child Abuse and Conspiracy
Sentence:	8 yrs
Years Imprisoned:	5
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Year Convicted:	1996
Year Cleared:	2003
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	United Kingdom
County or Region of Crime:	England
City of Crime:	Kent
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Barry Cook, Ernest Bond, and Paul Frost-Smith were codefendants known as the 'Abuse Gang,' convicted of conspiracy to commit rape and indecent assault on girls who at the time of their 1996 trial in Kent were aged 11 to 14. Bond was sentenced to six years in prison, Frost-Smith 12 years, and Cook eight- years. The convictions of the three men quashed by the U.K.'s Court of Appeal on November 28, 2003, based on evidence the girls had fabricated the charges against the three men they didn't like."
Conviction Caused By:	False accusation and testimony by a girl who didn't like the three men.
Innocence Proved By:	"Court of Appeals quashed driving related convictions on November 28, 2003 after referral by the Criminal Cases Review Commission"
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Age When Imprisoned:	42
Age When Released:	47
Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"Abuse Gang' Convictions Quashed, BBC News, 11-28-03"
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Barry Cook

Charge:

Child Abuse and Conspiracy

Sentence:

8 yrs

Years Imprisoned:

5

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1996

Year Cleared:

2003

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

England

City of Crime:

Kent

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

False accusation and testimony by a girl who didn't like the three men.

Innocence Proved By:

"Court of Appeals quashed driving related convictions on November 28, 2003 after referral by the Criminal Cases Review Commission"

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

42

Age When Released:

47

Sex:

Male

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"Abuse Gang' Convictions Quashed, BBC News, 11-28-03"

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/kent/3247738.stm

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