David Ettridge

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Charge:	"Fraud (passing bad checks, documents, casino, bankrupcy, etc.)"
Sentence:	3 years
Years Imprisoned:	0.2
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Year Convicted:	2003
Year Cleared:	2003
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Australia
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"David Ettridge was co-defendant of Pauline Hanson. The 'One-Nation Two' were the co-founders of Australia's One-Nation party in 1997. The two were wrongly convicted in 2003 of fraudulently registering the "One-Nation" party in Australia. Sentenced to three years in prison on August 20, 2003, the conviction of both co-founder's were quashed on November 6, 2003 and both were immediately released from prison after serving 78 days of their three year sentences. David Ettridge later filed a lawsuit in Queensland seeking AUS$1.5 million in damages and an apology from Tony Abbott and others involved in raising the money that bankrolled the campaign against the One-Nation party that ultimately resulted in Ettridge and Hanson's wrongful convictions. As of May 2013 that lawsuit was pending."
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Innocence Proved By:	"Conviction unanimously quashed by a three judge panel of Queensland's Court of Appeal on November 6, 2003."
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Australia's Hanson Free From Jail, BBC News, World edition, November 6, 2003"
Information Location 1:	http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3245859.stm
Information Source 2:	"Right-wing politician freed in Australia after court ruling, Around the World section,The Seattle Times, Nov. 7, 2003, p. A17"
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Information Source 3:	"Tony Abbott goes back to court in June, By Alan Austin (freelance journalist), onlineopinion.com.au, May 13, 2013"
Information Location 3:	http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=14999
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David Ettridge

Charge:

"Fraud (passing bad checks, documents, casino, bankrupcy, etc.)"

Sentence:

3 years

Years Imprisoned:

0.2

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

2003

Year Cleared:

2003

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Australia

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"Conviction unanimously quashed by a three judge panel of Queensland's Court of Appeal on November 6, 2003."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Australia's Hanson Free From Jail, BBC News, World edition, November 6, 2003"

Information Location 1:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3245859.stm

Information Source 2:

"Right-wing politician freed in Australia after court ruling, Around the World section,The Seattle Times, Nov. 7, 2003, p. A17"

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Information Source 3:

"Tony Abbott goes back to court in June, By Alan Austin (freelance journalist), onlineopinion.com.au, May 13, 2013"

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http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=14999

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