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Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Impersonating Law Enforcement Officer |
Sentence: |
Fine |
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Year Crime: |
2010 |
Year Convicted: |
2010 |
Year Cleared: |
2010 |
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United Kingdom |
County or Region of Crime: |
England |
City of Crime: |
Southhampton |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
"David Maclean was wrongly convicted in 2010 of two counts of impersonating a police officer. In 2009 Maclean started a security service called Atraks that offered 60 dedicated patrols each day in each community that signed up, provided escorts to take people to banks and shops, responded to alarms and even provide dog handlers to disperse street gangs. Maclean was prosecuted on the basis that in conducting his business he was impersonating the duties of police officers. After his conviction Maclean was fined £1,600 fine. Maclean appealed and the Crown Prosecution Service conceeded it presented insufficient evidence to prove he deliberately impersonated a police officer. The appeals court judges quashed Maclean's convictions on the basis the prosecution failed to introduce sufficient evidence he was pretending to be a member of the police force, and awarded him his costs of defending against his prosecution." |
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Innocence Proved By: |
Davud Maclean's conviction was quashed on the basis the prosecution failed to introduce sufficient evidence he was pretending to be a member of the police force. |
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Was Perpetrator Identified? |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
27 |
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Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
White |
Information Source 1: |
"Atraks boss David MacLean cleared of impersonating a police officer in Southampton, By John Hoskins (Court Reporter), Southern Daily Echo, April 23, 2010" |
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http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/8116264.___Private_cop____can_go_back_to_work/ |
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"Emergency services 'fantasist' David Maclean put lives at risk court hears, By James Johnson (Senior reporter), Southern Daily Echo, October 13, 2014" |
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http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/district/winchester/11530986.Emergency_services__fantasist__put_lives_at_risk/?ref=mac |
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