Terry Laverty

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Charge:	Rioting (Incl Common Law)
Sentence:	6 months
Years Imprisoned:	0.5
Year Crime:	1971
Year Convicted:	1971
Year Cleared:	2015
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	United Kingdom
County or Region of Crime:	Northern Ireland
City of Crime:	Belfast
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Terry Laverty was wrongly convicted in 1971 of riotous behavior in Belfast, Northern Ireland after his brother was among 10 people shot dead by a British parachute regiment during an operation in the city’s Ballymurphy district on August 11, 1971. The sole evidence against Laverty was by a paratrooper who claimed he had memorised the faces of rioters. Laverty was sentenced to six months in prison. With the aid of the Criminal Case Review Commission Laverty obtained the new evidence that the soldier who identified him signed the witness statement used to prosecute Laverty without reading its contents. Based on that new evidence Laverty filed an appeal to quash his conviction. On February 10, 2015 a Belfast County Court judge granted Laverty's appeal after the Crown Prosecution Service announced it would not oppose his appeal."
Conviction Caused By:	Perjurious testimony by the British paratrooper who privided the sole evidence against Laverty.
Innocence Proved By:	"On February 10, 2015 a Belfast County Court judge granted Laverty's appeal after the Crown Prosecution Service announced it would not oppose his appeal."
Defendant Aided By:	CCRC
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Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	17
Age When Released:	18
Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"Man wins 44-year battle to quash Ballymurphy rioting conviction, The Irish Times, February 10, 2015"
Information Location 1:	http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/man-wins-44-year-battle-to-quash-ballymurphy-rioting-conviction-1.2098420
Information Source 2:	"Conviction quashed over Ballymurphy riot, By Staff writers, UTV (Belfast, NI), February 10, 2015"
Information Location 2:	http://www.u.tv/News/Conviction-quashed-over-Ballymurphy-riot/004032c7-8887-4272-8f37-da8713ced67e
Information Source 3:	"West Belfast man Terry Laverty wins 44-year battle to clear Ballymurphy rioting conviction, By Alan Erwin, Belfast Telegraph, February 10, 2015"
Information Location 3:	http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/west-belfast-man-terry-laverty-wins-44year-battle-to-clear-ballymurphy-rioting-conviction-30980643.html
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Terry Laverty

Charge:

Rioting (Incl Common Law)

Sentence:

6 months

Years Imprisoned:

0.5

Year Crime:

1971

Year Convicted:

1971

Year Cleared:

2015

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

Northern Ireland

City of Crime:

Belfast

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Perjurious testimony by the British paratrooper who privided the sole evidence against Laverty.

Innocence Proved By:

"On February 10, 2015 a Belfast County Court judge granted Laverty's appeal after the Crown Prosecution Service announced it would not oppose his appeal."

Defendant Aided By:

CCRC

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

17

Age When Released:

18

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Information Source 1:

"Man wins 44-year battle to quash Ballymurphy rioting conviction, The Irish Times, February 10, 2015"

Information Location 1:

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/man-wins-44-year-battle-to-quash-ballymurphy-rioting-conviction-1.2098420

Information Source 2:

"Conviction quashed over Ballymurphy riot, By Staff writers, UTV (Belfast, NI), February 10, 2015"

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http://www.u.tv/News/Conviction-quashed-over-Ballymurphy-riot/004032c7-8887-4272-8f37-da8713ced67e

Information Source 3:

"West Belfast man Terry Laverty wins 44-year battle to clear Ballymurphy rioting conviction, By Alan Erwin, Belfast Telegraph, February 10, 2015"

Information Location 3:

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/west-belfast-man-terry-laverty-wins-44year-battle-to-clear-ballymurphy-rioting-conviction-30980643.html

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