Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Attempted abduction |
Sentence: |
9 months and 9 months probation with training |
Years Imprisoned: |
0.125 |
Year Crime: |
2014 |
Year Convicted: |
2014 |
Year Cleared: |
2015 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
United Kingdom |
County or Region of Crime: |
England |
City of Crime: |
Croydon |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
"Bahader Hassankhail was wrongly convicted on December 10, 2014 of attempting to abduct an 11-year-old girl from her school in Croydon, England on July 21, 2014. Hassankhail, 18, was charged after police were called to the school when the girl told staff member she did not know him and he allegedly told them he was her cousin in an effort to allegedly take her from the school. After Hassankhail was convicted in the Croydon Youth Court, he was sentenced on March 27, 2015 to 18 months in a a youth facility. Hassankhail appealed his conviction. After a three-day hearing, on June 10, 2015 the Croydon Crown Court quashed his conviction and Hassankhail was immediately released from custody." |
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Innocence Proved By: |
"On June 10, 2015, after a three-day hearing, the Croydon Crown Court quashed his conviction and Hassankhail was immediately released from custody." |
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Was Perpetrator Identified? |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
18 |
Age When Released: |
18 |
Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
White |
Information Source 1: |
"Thornton Heath teenager Bahader Hassankhail wins appeal against conviction for trying to snatch child from Croydon primary school, By Chris Baynes (Senior Reporter - Croydon), croydonguardian.co.uk, June 11, 2015" |
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http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/13327350.Teenager_wins_appeal_against_conviction_for_attempt_to_snatch_child_from_primary_school/ |
Information Source 2: |
"Teenager Bahader Hassankhail tried to abduct child from Croydon primary school for sexual abuse, By Chris Baynes (Senior Reporter - Croydon), Sutton Guardian, March 27, 2015" |
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http://www.suttonguardian.co.uk/news/11885327.Teenager_tried_to_abduct_child_from_primary_school_for_sexual_abuse/?ref=mr |
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