Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Sexual Assault (includes aggravated) |
Sentence: |
10 months suspended and 100 hours community service |
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Year Crime: |
2005 |
Year Convicted: |
2006 |
Year Cleared: |
2007 |
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United Kingdom |
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England |
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Judicially Exonerated |
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"Mark Lamb was wrongly convicted in August 2006 of sexually assaulting two students. The 33-year-old Mark Lamb was sentenced to 10 months imprisonment suspended for two years on condition of good behavior, and 100 hours of community service. In May 2007 the Court of Appeal quashed his convictions. The judges said the interests of justice would not be served by a retrial, so the charges were dismissed. Afterwards, outside the Courthouse, Lamb broke down in tears and described his ordeal as "two years of hell"." |
Conviction Caused By: |
False allegations by the two alleged victims. |
Innocence Proved By: |
In May 2007 the Court of Appeal quashed Mark Lamb's convictions. |
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"Teacher cleared of sex charges, Chelmsford Weekly News, May 10, 2007" |
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