Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
"Theft (including swindling/fraud, deception and grand larceny)" |
Sentence: |
"12 months probation, 120 hrs community work, and £200 restitution" |
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Year Crime: |
2013 |
Year Convicted: |
2014 |
Year Cleared: |
2014 |
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United Kingdom |
County or Region of Crime: |
England |
City of Crime: |
Stafford |
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Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
"Deborah Hall was wrongly convicted on June 19, 2014 of stealing £200 from an envelope sent to a prisoner at Stafford Prison on December 24, 2013 where the 53-year-old Hall had worked for eight years as a guard in the mail room. The prosecution's case was circumstantial. In July 2014 Hall's conviction was quashed by the Stafford Crown Court on the basis the prosecution's wholly circumstantial case was insuficient to prove her guilt." |
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Innocence Proved By: |
In July 2014 Hall's conviction was quashed by the Stafford Crown Court on the basis the prosecution's wholly circumstantial case was insuficient to prove her guilt. |
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Sex: |
Female |
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White |
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"Prison postwoman cleared of stealing, By Staff writers, Express & Star, July 27, 2014" |
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http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2014/07/27/prison-postwoman-cleared-of-stealing/ |
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