Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Interferring with aircraft flight member |
Sentence: |
Fine and 2 yrs probation |
Years Imprisoned: |
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Year Crime: |
2006 |
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Year Cleared: |
2009 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Australia |
County or Region of Crime: |
New South Wales |
City of Crime: |
Sydney |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
"Peter Lustig was wrongly convicted in Sydney, Australia of interfering with a Quantas crew member after boarding a scheduled Quantas flight from Sydney to Melbourne, Australia on April 6, 2006. Lustig was fined and placed on two years probation. " |
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Innocence Proved By: |
"On May 15, 2009 the New South Wales Court of Appeal quashed Peter Lustig's conviction and the charges were subsequently dismissed." |
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Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
White |
Information Source 1: |
"Lustig v. R., [2009] NSWCCA 143, 195 A Crim R 310 (15 May 2009)" |
Information Location 1: |
http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/sinodisp/au/cases/nsw/NSWCCA/2009/143.html?query= |
Information Source 2: |
Lustig v Qantas Airways Ltd (Civil Claims) [2013] VCAT 1012 (20 June 2013) |
Information Location 2: |
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/vic/VCAT/2013/1012.html#fn1 |
Information Source 3: |
"I want my $500,000 in frequent flyer points back, By Shane Fowles (staff), Geelong Advertiser, July 9, 2013" |
Information Location 3: |
http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/article/2013/07/05/368545_news.html |
Information Source 4: |
"Men suing Qantas over onboard altercation demand 60 million frequent-flyer points, By Shannon Deery, Herald Sun, July 3, 2013" |
Information Location 4: |
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/men-suing-qantas-over-onboard-altercation-demand-60-million-frequent-flyer-points/story-fni0fit3-1226673403161 |
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Innocents Database Created and Maintained by Hans Sherrer innocents@forejustice.org