Dean Ireland

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Charge:	"Fraud (passing bad checks, documents, casino, bankrupcy, etc.)"
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Years Imprisoned:	1.1
Year Crime:	1990
Year Convicted:	1993
Year Cleared:	2003
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Australia
County or Region of Crime:	Western Australia
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Co-defendant of brother Len Ireland and Clark Easterday. The three were wrongly convicted in 1993 of what was known as the Karpa Gold scam, in which they alleged swindled investors out of AUS$6 million. They were imprisoned for for 13 months. In 2003 their convictions were quashed by the Western Australia Supreme Court on March 28, 2003."
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	Easterday v R (2003) 143 A Crim R 154.
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Information Source 2:	"Karpa gold fall guys, Ross Coulthart (Reporter), Ninemsn, May 18, 2003"
Information Location 2:	http://sunday.ninemsn.com.au/sunday/cover_stories/article_1276.asp
Information Source 3:	"Cott man's hunch sees gold fraud convictions quashed, By Brett Christian, Perth Post, April 5, 2008"
Information Location 3:	http://www.postnewspapers.com.au/20030405/news/003.shtml
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Dean Ireland

Charge:

"Fraud (passing bad checks, documents, casino, bankrupcy, etc.)"

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

1.1

Year Crime:

1990

Year Convicted:

1993

Year Cleared:

2003

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Australia

County or Region of Crime:

Western Australia

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

Easterday v R (2003) 143 A Crim R 154.

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Information Source 2:

"Karpa gold fall guys, Ross Coulthart (Reporter), Ninemsn, May 18, 2003"

Information Location 2:

http://sunday.ninemsn.com.au/sunday/cover_stories/article_1276.asp

Information Source 3:

"Cott man's hunch sees gold fraud convictions quashed, By Brett Christian, Perth Post, April 5, 2008"

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http://www.postnewspapers.com.au/20030405/news/003.shtml

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