Ashwin Lata

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Charge:	Property destruction (Incld. malicious destruction.)
Sentence:	6 months suspended
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Year Cleared:	2017
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Fiji
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City of Crime:	Rakiraki
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Ashwin Lata was wrongly convicted in 2015 of damaging property in Rakiraki, Fiji. Lata's prosecution was based on his alleged damaging of property belonging to a tenant who had failed to pay his rent. After his conviction following a bench trial in the Rakiraki Magistrate Court, Lata was sentenced to six months imprisonment suspended pending good behavior. Lata appealed. In June 2017 the Fiji High Court quashed and set-aside Lata's conviction on the basis the prosecution failed to introduce sufficient evidence that Lata, and not either the tenant or another person had damaged the tenant's property."
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Innocence Proved By:	"In June 2017 the Fiji High Court quashed and set-aside Lata's conviction on the basis the prosecution failed to introduce sufficient evidence that Lata, and not either the tenant or another person had damaged the tenant's property."
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Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"High Court quashes man's conviction, By Repeka Nasiko, The Fuji Times, June 29, 2017"
Information Location 1:	http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=406642
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Ashwin Lata

Charge:

Property destruction (Incld. malicious destruction.)

Sentence:

6 months suspended

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

Year Cleared:

2017

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Fiji

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Rakiraki

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"In June 2017 the Fiji High Court quashed and set-aside Lata's conviction on the basis the prosecution failed to introduce sufficient evidence that Lata, and not either the tenant or another person had damaged the tenant's property."

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Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Male

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Information Source 1:

"High Court quashes man's conviction, By Repeka Nasiko, The Fuji Times, June 29, 2017"

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http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=406642

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