Craig Lane

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Charge:	Murder and Robbery
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	2.75
Year Crime:	1996
Year Convicted:	1997
Year Cleared:	1998
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	United Kingdom
County or Region of Crime:	England
City of Crime:	Hull
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Craig Lane, Michael Beadle,Gary Shaffi, and David Noble were codefendants wrongly convicted in November 1997 of the murder and robbery of 73-year-old pensioner Frederick Barnett on December 29, 1995 in his home in east Hull, England. Their prosecution was based on a jailhouse informant who testified that Shaffi confessed to him that he and the other three men committed the crime, and several witnesses testified they saw the four men outside Barnett's house the night of the crime. The four were sentenced to life in prison. The four were acquitted on appeal in November 1998. Michael Beadle's exoneration was posthumous because he died in prison in March 1998."
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Innocence Proved By:	"Michael Beadle, Gary Shaffi, David Noble and Craig Lane were acquitted on appeal in November 1998. Beadle's acquittal was posthumous because he died in prison in March 1998."
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	Innocent UK website
Information Location 1:	http://www.innocent.org.uk/cases/
Information Source 2:	"Michael Beadle, Historic Cases, InsideJusticeUK.com"
Information Location 2:	http://www.insidejusticeuk.com/cases/historic-cases.php
Information Source 3:	"Mum's agony at death of son who was wrongly convicted of murder, By Staff, Hull Daily Mail, January 5, 2017"
Information Location 3:	http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/mum-s-agony-at-death-of-son-who-was-wrongly-convicted-of-murder/story-30031178-detail/story.html
Information Source 4:	"Tobacco man murder still unsolved after 21 years, By Staff, Hull Daily Mail, December 31, 2016"
Information Location 4:	http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/tobacco-man-murder-still-unsolved-after-21-years/story-29992288-detail/story.html
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Craig Lane

Charge:

Murder and Robbery

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

2.75

Year Crime:

1996

Year Convicted:

1997

Year Cleared:

1998

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

England

City of Crime:

Hull

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"Michael Beadle, Gary Shaffi, David Noble and Craig Lane were acquitted on appeal in November 1998. Beadle's acquittal was posthumous because he died in prison in March 1998."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

Innocent UK website

Information Location 1:

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

Information Source 2:

"Michael Beadle, Historic Cases, InsideJusticeUK.com"

Information Location 2:

http://www.insidejusticeuk.com/cases/historic-cases.php

Information Source 3:

"Mum's agony at death of son who was wrongly convicted of murder, By Staff, Hull Daily Mail, January 5, 2017"

Information Location 3:

http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/mum-s-agony-at-death-of-son-who-was-wrongly-convicted-of-murder/story-30031178-detail/story.html

Information Source 4:

"Tobacco man murder still unsolved after 21 years, By Staff, Hull Daily Mail, December 31, 2016"

Information Location 4:

http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/tobacco-man-murder-still-unsolved-after-21-years/story-29992288-detail/story.html

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