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Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Assault (Including Battery) |
Sentence: |
"£1,150 fine" |
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Year Crime: |
2006 |
Year Convicted: |
2007 |
Year Cleared: |
2008 |
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United Kingdom |
County or Region of Crime: |
England |
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Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
"Jay Kaycappa was wrongly convicted of assaulting Heather Mills (the estranged wife of Paul McCartney) while taking a photograph of her in a London subway in July 2006. Jay Kaycappa was also convicted of assaulting Mark Payne, a male friend of Mills, the next day while taking a photo of him. He was sentenced to 140 hours of community service, and ordered to pay a total of £1,150 ($2,250) in fines and court costs. Both of Kaycappa's convictions were quashed on appeal in May 2008." |
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Innocence Proved By: |
Both of Jay Kaycappa's convictions were quashed on appeal in May 2008. |
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Age When Released: |
32 |
Sex: |
Male |
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White |
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"Mills assault conviction quashed, BBC News, May 20, 2008" |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/7410883.stm |
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