José Hampson

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Charge:	Racial verbal harassment
Sentence:	"£1,380 fine"
Years Imprisoned:
Year Crime:	2013
Year Convicted:	2013
Year Cleared:	2014
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	United Kingdom
County or Region of Crime:	England
City of Crime:	Preston
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"José Hampson was wrongly convicted on August 30, 2013 of making harassing a gypsy couple in April 2013 by making racially offensive comments to them in Preston, England. Hampson's conviction was based on the testimony of the couple, which Hapmson denied. The 78-year-old Hampson was sentenced to pay a £690 fine, £620 costs and a £69 victim surcharge. Hampson appealed. On March 28, 2014 Hapson's conviction and sentence were quashed by the Preston Crown Court."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On March 28, 2014 Hapson's conviction was quashed on appeal by the Preston Crown Court."
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Sex:	Female
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Ex-Sunday school teacher and grandmother-of-three convicted of racially abusing gipsy family finally clears her name after '11 months of hell', By Hugo Gye (Staff writer), Daily Mail, April 1, 2014"
Information Location 1:	http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2594245/Sunday-school-teacher-grandmother-three-convicted-racially-abusing-gipsy-family-finally-clears-name.html
Information Source 2:	"Gipsies who landed a grandmother with a criminal record after falsely accusing her of racism are to get a new £500,000 caravan site, By James Tozer (Staff writer), Daily Mail, July 29, 2014"
Information Location 2:	http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2706313/Gipsies-landed-grandmother-criminal-record-falsely-accusing-racism-new-500-000-caravan-site-yes-paid-taxpayer.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490
Information Source 3:	"Former Sunday school teacher, 78, who racially abused a gipsy family in row over an illegal caravan site is fined more than £1,300, By James Tozer (Staff writer), Daily Mail, August 31, 2013"
Information Location 3:	http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2407806/Jos-Hampson-Chorley-Lancashire-fined-1-300-racially-abusing-gipsy-family.html
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José Hampson

Charge:

Racial verbal harassment

Sentence:

"£1,380 fine"

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2013

Year Convicted:

2013

Year Cleared:

2014

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

England

City of Crime:

Preston

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On March 28, 2014 Hapson's conviction was quashed on appeal by the Preston Crown Court."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Female

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Ex-Sunday school teacher and grandmother-of-three convicted of racially abusing gipsy family finally clears her name after '11 months of hell', By Hugo Gye (Staff writer), Daily Mail, April 1, 2014"

Information Location 1:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2594245/Sunday-school-teacher-grandmother-three-convicted-racially-abusing-gipsy-family-finally-clears-name.html

Information Source 2:

"Gipsies who landed a grandmother with a criminal record after falsely accusing her of racism are to get a new £500,000 caravan site, By James Tozer (Staff writer), Daily Mail, July 29, 2014"

Information Location 2:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2706313/Gipsies-landed-grandmother-criminal-record-falsely-accusing-racism-new-500-000-caravan-site-yes-paid-taxpayer.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490

Information Source 3:

"Former Sunday school teacher, 78, who racially abused a gipsy family in row over an illegal caravan site is fined more than £1,300, By James Tozer (Staff writer), Daily Mail, August 31, 2013"

Information Location 3:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2407806/Jos-Hampson-Chorley-Lancashire-fined-1-300-racially-abusing-gipsy-family.html

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