Iain Cowper

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Charge:	Embezzelment
Sentence:	5 years
Years Imprisoned:	0.01
Year Crime:	2001
Year Convicted:	2002
Year Cleared:	2006
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	United Kingdom
County or Region of Crime:	Scotland
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	Iain Cowper was wrongly convicted in August 2002 of embezzeling £2.4 million from the travel company he worked with. Cowper was sentenced to five years in prison in February 2003. Spent one day in jail before being released on bond pending his appeal. Scotland's Court of Appeals quashed Iain Cowper's conviction in September 2006.
Conviction Caused By:	Trial judge improperly allowed the jury to consider a large payment Iain Cowper had made in the regular course of his business to be relied on as proof he had embellezed money.
Innocence Proved By:	"Scotland's Court of Appeals quashed Iain Cowper's conviction on September 14, 2006."
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Age When Imprisoned:	55
Age When Released:	55
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Holiday boss wins appeal over £2.4m theft conviction, Edinburgh Evening News, September 15, 2006"
Information Location 1:	http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=1366692006
Information Source 2:	"Holiday boss is cleared of £2.4m scam, Glasgow Evening Times, September 15, 2006"
Information Location 2:	http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/hi/news/5057171.html
Information Source 3:	"Judges overturn £2.3m embezzlement verdict, John Robertson (Law Correspondent), The Scotsman (Glasgow, Scotland), September 15, 2006"
Information Location 3:	http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=1361452006
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Iain Cowper

Charge:

Embezzelment

Sentence:

5 years

Years Imprisoned:

0.01

Year Crime:

2001

Year Convicted:

2002

Year Cleared:

2006

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

Scotland

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Trial judge improperly allowed the jury to consider a large payment Iain Cowper had made in the regular course of his business to be relied on as proof he had embellezed money.

Innocence Proved By:

"Scotland's Court of Appeals quashed Iain Cowper's conviction on September 14, 2006."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

55

Age When Released:

55

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Holiday boss wins appeal over £2.4m theft conviction, Edinburgh Evening News, September 15, 2006"

Information Location 1:

http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=1366692006

Information Source 2:

"Holiday boss is cleared of £2.4m scam, Glasgow Evening Times, September 15, 2006"

Information Location 2:

http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/hi/news/5057171.html

Information Source 3:

"Judges overturn £2.3m embezzlement verdict, John Robertson (Law Correspondent), The Scotsman (Glasgow, Scotland), September 15, 2006"

Information Location 3:

http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=1361452006

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