Martin Karl Gould

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Charge:	Rape
Sentence:	6 years
Years Imprisoned:	0.75
Year Crime:	2010
Year Convicted:	2013
Year Cleared:	2014
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Australia
County or Region of Crime:	Queensland
City of Crime:	Toowoomba
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Martin Karl Gould was wrongly convicted in October 2013 of raping a 49-year-old woman at knifepoint on August 7, 2010 in Toowoomba, Australia. Gould was sentenced to 6 years in prison. His jury conviction was based on his identification by the victim. On July 22, 2014 the Queensland Court of Appeal quashed Gould's conviction on the basis of insufficient evidence because of the prosecution's case solely based on the victim's identification was "inherently weak.""
Conviction Caused By:	The victim erroneously identified Martin Karl Gould.
Innocence Proved By:	"On July 22, 2014 the Queensland Court of Appeal quashed Gould's conviction on the basis of insufficient evidence because of the prosecution's case solely based on the victim's identification was "inherently weak.""
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Age When Imprisoned:	39
Age When Released:	40
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Rapist acquitted of knifepoint rape in van, By Rae Wilson (Staff writer), Daily Mercury (Mackay, Queensland), July 23, 2014"
Information Location 1:	http://www.dailymercury.com.au/news/Rapist-acquitted-of-knifepoint-rape-in-van/2326102/
Information Source 2:	"Serial rapist guilty of violent, road side rape, By Peter Hardwick (Staff writer), Daily Mercury (Mackay, Queensland), October 17, 2013"
Information Location 2:	http://www.dailymercury.com.au/news/man-faces-more-prison-time-for-third-rape/2054712/
Information Source 3:	"Incorrect identification' claims leads to rapist appeal, By Adam Davies (Staff writer), Daily Mercury (Mackay, Queensland), July 16, 2014"
Information Location 3:	http://www.dailymercury.com.au/news/Incorrect-identification-claims-leads-to-rapist/2319589/
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Martin Karl Gould

Charge:

Rape

Sentence:

6 years

Years Imprisoned:

0.75

Year Crime:

2010

Year Convicted:

2013

Year Cleared:

2014

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Australia

County or Region of Crime:

Queensland

City of Crime:

Toowoomba

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

The victim erroneously identified Martin Karl Gould.

Innocence Proved By:

"On July 22, 2014 the Queensland Court of Appeal quashed Gould's conviction on the basis of insufficient evidence because of the prosecution's case solely based on the victim's identification was "inherently weak.""

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

39

Age When Released:

40

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Rapist acquitted of knifepoint rape in van, By Rae Wilson (Staff writer), Daily Mercury (Mackay, Queensland), July 23, 2014"

Information Location 1:

http://www.dailymercury.com.au/news/Rapist-acquitted-of-knifepoint-rape-in-van/2326102/

Information Source 2:

"Serial rapist guilty of violent, road side rape, By Peter Hardwick (Staff writer), Daily Mercury (Mackay, Queensland), October 17, 2013"

Information Location 2:

http://www.dailymercury.com.au/news/man-faces-more-prison-time-for-third-rape/2054712/

Information Source 3:

"Incorrect identification' claims leads to rapist appeal, By Adam Davies (Staff writer), Daily Mercury (Mackay, Queensland), July 16, 2014"

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http://www.dailymercury.com.au/news/Incorrect-identification-claims-leads-to-rapist/2319589/

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