Patrick Irvine

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Charge:	Manslaughter and Robbery
Sentence:	20 years
Years Imprisoned:	11
Year Crime:	1981
Year Convicted:	1982
Year Cleared:	2002
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	United Kingdom
County or Region of Crime:	England
City of Crime:	Birmingham
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Patrick Irvine was wrongly convicted on February 26, 1982 of manslaughter and robbery as being a member of a gang that murdered a security guard during a bank robbery in Birmingham, England. Irvine was sentenced to serve a total of 20 years in prison. Irvine's conviction was quashed on January 14, 2002 because of a lack of evidence he was involved in the robbery or murder, as he had insisted for 20 years."
Conviction Caused By:	""The key evidence used to convict Mr Irvine was an alleged confession he was said to have made to officers in the back of a police car. But he denied making any admissions or being involved in the shooting.""
Innocence Proved By:	"Court of Appeals quashed conviction on January 14, 2002 after referral by the Criminal Cases Review Commission"
Defendant Aided By:	Criminal Case Review Commission
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Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	34
Age When Released:	45
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	R v Patrick Irvine [2002] EWCA Crim 29 (Conviction quashed)
Information Location 1:	http://netk.net.au/UK/UK150.asp
Information Source 2:	Innocent UK website
Information Location 2:	http://www.innocent.org.uk/cases/
Information Source 3:	"Recent Case Statatistics, Criminal Cases Review Commission"
Information Location 3:	http://www.ccrc.gov.uk/latestnews/latestnews_case.html
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Patrick Irvine

Charge:

Manslaughter and Robbery

Sentence:

20 years

Years Imprisoned:

11

Year Crime:

1981

Year Convicted:

1982

Year Cleared:

2002

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

England

City of Crime:

Birmingham

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

""The key evidence used to convict Mr Irvine was an alleged confession he was said to have made to officers in the back of a police car. But he denied making any admissions or being involved in the shooting.""

Innocence Proved By:

"Court of Appeals quashed conviction on January 14, 2002 after referral by the Criminal Cases Review Commission"

Defendant Aided By:

Criminal Case Review Commission

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

34

Age When Released:

45

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

R v Patrick Irvine [2002] EWCA Crim 29 (Conviction quashed)

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http://netk.net.au/UK/UK150.asp

Information Source 2:

Innocent UK website

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http://www.innocent.org.uk/cases/

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"Recent Case Statatistics, Criminal Cases Review Commission"

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http://www.ccrc.gov.uk/latestnews/latestnews_case.html

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