Anthony Hanemaayer

Go to Database Search Page

Go to Database Index Page

Charge:	Assault (Including Battery)
Sentence:	2 years
Years Imprisoned:	2
Year Crime:	1987
Year Convicted:	1989
Year Cleared:	2008
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Canada
County or Region of Crime:	Ontario
City of Crime:	Toronto
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Wrongly convicted in 1989 of the 1987 knife assault of a 15-year-old based on the eyewitness identification by the girl's mother. Nineteen-year-old Anthony Hanemaayer had been working as a roofer in the neighborhood where the girl lived. Under pressure of being given a stiffer sentence after conviction by the jury, Anthony Hanemaayer changed his plea to guilt in the middle of his trial. He was sentenced to two years in prison instead of the 6 to 10 years he would have been given after a jury verdict. In 2006 serial killer and rapist Paul Bernardo confessed to authorities that he committed the crime that Hanemaayer had been convicted of committing. However, the police did not inform Hanemaayer of that new evidence. A year later, in 2007 lawyer James Lockyer with the Association in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted learned about Bernardo's confession while researching another case. Based on the new evidence casting doubt on his guilt, AIDWYC filed a petition for a new trial, and the Ontario Court of Appeal reversed Hanemaayer's conviction in June 2008."
Conviction Caused By:	"Erroneous eyewitness identification by the victim's mother, and his plea of guilty to get a lighter sentence."
Innocence Proved By:	Confession by the actual perpetrator.
Defendant Aided By:	AIDWYC
Compensation Awarded:
Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
Age When Imprisoned:	19
Age When Released:	22
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Clearing his name, The London Free Press, June 21, 2008"
Information Location 1:	http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/News/Local/2008/06/21/5946576-sun.html
Information Source 2:	"Roofer exonerated in ernardo's crime, The London Free Press, June 26, 2008"
Information Location 2:	http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/News/Local/2008/06/26/5989791-sun.html
Information Source 3:	"Court clears Ontario man after Bernardo confession, CBC News, June 25, 2008"
Information Location 3:	http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/06/25/hanemaayer-hearing.html?ref=rss
Information Source 4:
Information Location 4:
Information Source 5:
Information Location 5:
Book About Case:
Book Information:
Book About Case (2):
Book Information (2):
Movie About Case:
Comments About Case:

Go to Database Search Page

Go to Database Index Page

Anthony Hanemaayer

Charge:

Assault (Including Battery)

Sentence:

2 years

Years Imprisoned:

2

Year Crime:

1987

Year Convicted:

1989

Year Cleared:

2008

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Canada

County or Region of Crime:

Ontario

City of Crime:

Toronto

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

"Erroneous eyewitness identification by the victim's mother, and his plea of guilty to get a lighter sentence."

Innocence Proved By:

Confession by the actual perpetrator.

Defendant Aided By:

AIDWYC

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

19

Age When Released:

22

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Clearing his name, The London Free Press, June 21, 2008"

Information Location 1:

http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/News/Local/2008/06/21/5946576-sun.html

Information Source 2:

"Roofer exonerated in ernardo's crime, The London Free Press, June 26, 2008"

Information Location 2:

http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/News/Local/2008/06/26/5989791-sun.html

Information Source 3:

"Court clears Ontario man after Bernardo confession, CBC News, June 25, 2008"

Information Location 3:

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/06/25/hanemaayer-hearing.html?ref=rss

Information Source 4:

Information Location 4:

Information Source 5:

Information Location 5:

Book About Case:

Book Information:

Book About Case (2):

Book Information (2):

Movie About Case:

Comments About Case: