Ussama El-Kurd

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Charge:	Money Laundering and Conspiracy
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Year Cleared:	2007
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	United Kingdom
County or Region of Crime:	England
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	Ussama El-Kurd was wrongly convicted of conspiracy to launder money. In 2005 El-Kurd submitted an application to the Criminal Case Review Commission (CCRC) for review of his conviction as a miscarriage of justice. El-Kurd's case was referred by the CCRC on 5/31/2006 to the England and Wales Court of Appeal (Criminal Division). On 4/27/2007 the appeals court quashed Ussama El-Kurd's convictions.
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Innocence Proved By:	Conviction quashed by England & Wales Court of Appeal on 4/27/2007.
Defendant Aided By:	"Criminal Case Review Commission (England, Wales, and Northern Ireland)"
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Sex:	Male
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Ussama El-Kurd

Charge:

Money Laundering and Conspiracy

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

Year Cleared:

2007

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

England

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Conviction quashed by England & Wales Court of Appeal on 4/27/2007.

Defendant Aided By:

"Criminal Case Review Commission (England, Wales, and Northern Ireland)"

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Information Source 1:

"Ussama El-Kurd, Criminal Case Review Commission referred cases database (last viewed Feb. 1, 2014)"

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http://www.justice.gov.uk/about/criminal-cases-review-commission/case-library/6

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