Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Kidnapping (incld. Abduction) |
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10 years |
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2006 |
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Ireland |
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Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
Volker Kappler was wrongly convicted of kidnapping two businessmen and sentenced to 10 years in prison. |
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Male |
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Information Source 1: |
"Millionaire's kidnap conviction quashed, by Ed James (staff), Daily Post, May 25, 2006" |
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http://icnorthwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/regionalnews/tm_objectid=17129306&method=full&siteid=50142&headline=millionaire-s-kidnap-conviction-quashed--name_page.html |
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