Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Drug Related (Possession or sale) |
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Year Convicted: |
2014 |
Year Cleared: |
2015 |
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United Kingdom |
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Scotland |
City of Crime: |
Leith |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
David Dunbar |
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Innocence Proved By: |
"On March 13, 2015 Scotland's Court of Appeal quashed David Dunbar's conviction on the basis testimony about the possibility his DNA may have been on the package sent to a Scottish prison that contained drugs was insufficient evidence of his guilt." |
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Male |
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Information Source 1: |
"David Dunbar vs. Her Majesty's Advocate, [2015] HCJAC 22 (3-13-2015) (Quashing conviction on basis DNA evidence on envelope was insufficient evidence of guilt.)" |
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http://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/search-judgments/judgment?id=80a9cca6-8980-69d2-b500-ff0000d74aa7 |
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"Man found guilty of attempting to smuggle drugs into prison wins appeal against conviction, Scottish Legal News, March 16, 2015" |
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http://www.scottishlegal.com/2015/03/16/man-found-guilty-of-attempting-to-smuggle-drugs-into-prison-wins-appeal-against-conviction/ |
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