Reginald Dunk

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Charge:	Customs Violation
Sentence:	"Fined £12,500 and ordered to pay prosecution costs of £5,000"
Years Imprisoned:
Year Crime:	1983
Year Convicted:	1985
Year Cleared:	1994
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	United Kingdom
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Reginald Dunk was codefendant of Alexander Schlesinger. Wrongfully convicted of attempting to smuggle 200 Sterling machine-guns to Iraq through Jordan. After his trial in 1985, when he falsely changed his plea to guilty after defense witnesses suddenly refused to testify on his behalf. His conviction was quashed in 1994 after it became known that the British government had pressured the embassies of Iraq and Jordan to deprive Mr. Dunk and Mr. Schlessinger of their witnesses by claiming diplomatic immunity. He was awarded £2.16 million in compensation for his wrongful conviction in June 1999, at the age of 79 when he was suffering from advanced cancer. Dunk was also awarded an additional £150,000 in December 1999 for his costs and damages. Dunk and Schlesinger were both awarded £125,000 in compensation in 1999 by England's Foreign Service. Dunk was awarded total compensation of £2.435 million. Dunk died in April 2000 at 80 years of age."
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Compensation Awarded:	£2.435 million in 1999
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Age When Imprisoned:	65
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	""A Study of the Role of the Judiciary in Implementing Government Policy in the UK""
Information Location 1:	http://www.vomit.cc/study.htm
Information Source 2:	"Pay-out for 'arms-to-Iraq' victim, BBC News, June 26, 1999"
Information Location 2:	http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_378000/378527.stm
Information Source 3:	""Wrongly-convicted arms dealer gets payout, BBC News, Dec. 9, 1999"
Information Location 3:	http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_556000/556461.stm
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Reginald Dunk

Charge:

Customs Violation

Sentence:

"Fined £12,500 and ordered to pay prosecution costs of £5,000"

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

1983

Year Convicted:

1985

Year Cleared:

1994

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

£2.435 million in 1999

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

65

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

""A Study of the Role of the Judiciary in Implementing Government Policy in the UK""

Information Location 1:

http://www.vomit.cc/study.htm

Information Source 2:

"Pay-out for 'arms-to-Iraq' victim, BBC News, June 26, 1999"

Information Location 2:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_378000/378527.stm

Information Source 3:

""Wrongly-convicted arms dealer gets payout, BBC News, Dec. 9, 1999"

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_556000/556461.stm

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