Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Assault (Including Battery) |
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Years Imprisoned: |
0.5 |
Year Crime: |
2013 |
Year Convicted: |
2013 |
Year Cleared: |
2013 |
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United Kingdom |
County or Region of Crime: |
England |
City of Crime: |
Torquay |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
"Christopher Douglas Lloyd was wrongly convicted in May 2013 of assaulting a woman by beating her on February 22, 2013 in Torbay, England. Lloyd appealed and in late November 2013 the Exeter Crown Court overturned his conviction on the basis their was no case for him to face because the trial judge wasn't informed by the prosecution that the woman had recanted and withdrawn her complaint prior to the start of his trial. The appeals court also awarded Lloyd the costs of his defense because of the circumstances of his conviction." |
Conviction Caused By: |
"Prosecutorial misconduct of failing to disclose the alleged "victim" had withdrawn her complaint prior to the start of Christopher Lloyd's trial." |
Innocence Proved By: |
In late November 2013 the Exeter Crown Court overturned Christopher Lloyd's conviction on the basis their was no case for him to face because the trial judge wasn't informed by the prosecution that the woman had recanted and withdrawn her complaint prior to the start of his trial. |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
36 |
Age When Released: |
36 |
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Male |
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Information Source 1: |
"Conviction is overturned, By Staff writers, Herald Express, December 5, 2013" |
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http://www.torquayheraldexpress.co.uk/Conviction-overturned/story-20264185-detail/story.html |
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