Margaret Hewitt

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Charge:	Child/Minor Sex Abuse (incl. molestation)
Sentence:	11 years
Years Imprisoned:	2
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Year Convicted:	2004
Year Cleared:	2005
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	United Kingdom
County or Region of Crime:	Northern Ireland
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Margaret Hewitt was co-defendant of George Anderson in Northern Ireland's largest child abuse case. Wrongly convicted in 2004 of 53 counts of child abuse that allegedly occurred more than 25 years earlier at a home for children. Sentenced to 11 years imprisonment. One of the accusers came forward after the trial and said he had lied, in part based on the police's promise that he would receive tens of thousands of English pounds in compensation. The Court of Appeals quashed both defendant's convictions in June 2005. In September 2005 the government announced it would not retry either defendant."
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Innocence Proved By:	The Court of Appeals quashed both defendant's convictions in June 2005.
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Age When Imprisoned:	67
Age When Released:	69
Sex:	Female
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"If two people accuse you, then you are guilty. They get compensation, you get jail, By Alasdair Palmer, The Telegraph (London), October 22, 2006"
Information Location 1:	http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2006/10/22/do2204.xml&sSheet=/opinion/2006/10/22/ixopinion.html
Information Source 2:	"No re-trial for care home workers, BBC News, September 16, 2005"
Information Location 2:	http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/4252360.stm
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Margaret Hewitt

Charge:

Child/Minor Sex Abuse (incl. molestation)

Sentence:

11 years

Years Imprisoned:

2

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

2004

Year Cleared:

2005

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

Northern Ireland

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

The Court of Appeals quashed both defendant's convictions in June 2005.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

67

Age When Released:

69

Sex:

Female

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"If two people accuse you, then you are guilty. They get compensation, you get jail, By Alasdair Palmer, The Telegraph (London), October 22, 2006"

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2006/10/22/do2204.xml&sSheet=/opinion/2006/10/22/ixopinion.html

Information Source 2:

"No re-trial for care home workers, BBC News, September 16, 2005"

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/4252360.stm

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