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Stuart Gair

 

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

11.5

Year Crime:

1989

Year Convicted:

1989

Year Cleared:

2006

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

Scotland

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

"Gair, Stuart was wrongly convicted on August 30, 1999 of a knife murder in April 1989 in Scotland. Gair submitted an application to Scotland's Criminal Case Review Commission (SCCRC) for review of his conviction as a miscarriage of justice. Gair's case was referred by the SCCRC on November 11, 1999 to Scotland's Court of Appeal. Gair was released on parole in 2000 after almost 12 years of imprisonment. Gair's conviction was quashed by Scotland's Court of Appeals on July 11, 2006. Stuart Gair died in October 2007. In November 2007 it was announced that Gair's 19-year-old daughter would receive his £1million (about $2 million) compensation payout."

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"Conviction quashed by Scotland's Appeal Court, High Court of Justiciary on July 11, 2006."

Defendant Aided By:

Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission

Compensation Awarded:

£1million (about $2 million) awarded in November 2007.

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

25

Age When Released:

36

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Knife Murder Conviction Quashed, Paisley Daily Express, July 11, 2006"

Information Location 1:

http://icrenfrewshire.icnetwork.co.uk/tm_objectid=17365339&method=full&siteid=63858&headline=knife-murder-conviction-quashed-name_page.html

Information Source 2:

"Rough Justice Girlfriend's Delight At £1million Payout, by Karen Bale, The Daily Record (Glasgow), November 30, 2007"

Information Location 2:

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2007/11/30/rough-justice-girlfriend-s-delight-at-1million-payout-86908-20182977/

Information Source 3:

"Stuart Gair, Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission referred cases database (last viewed Feb. 7, 2014)"

Information Location 3:

http://www.sccrc.org.uk/conviction.aspx?start=69

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