Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Assault (Including Battery) |
Sentence: |
4 months |
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Year Crime: |
2014 |
Year Convicted: |
2015 |
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: |
"Eamonn Magee was wrongly convicted in 2015 of assaulting a woman at an apartment in Belfast, Northern Ireland in July 2014. His conviction was based on the testimony of the woman, Louise Mullan, and his defense was that the woman was beating on him and he grabbed her arms to stop her. Magee was sentenced to serve four months in jail. Magee appealed. His accuser Mullan failed to appear for two appeal hearings. On August 12, 2015 Mullan failed to appear for a third time, and after finding there was no exceptional reasons for an adjournment, the judge granted Magee's appeal and quashed his conviction." |
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Innocence Proved By: |
"Magee's accuser Mullan failed to appear for an appeal hearing, and after finding there was no exceptional reasons for an adjournment, the judge granted Magee's appeal and quashed his conviction on August 12, 2015." |
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Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
White |
Information Source 1: |
"Boxer Eamonn Magee's conviction for beating up a woman in Belfast is overturned, By Alan Erwin, Belfast Telegraph, August 12, 2015" |
Information Location 1: |
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/boxer-eamonn-magees-conviction-for-beating-up-a-woman-in-belfast-is-overturned-31446822.html |
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"Eamonn Magee wins appeal against Louise Mullan assault conviction, By Staff writer, BBC News (Northern Ireland), August 12, 2015" |
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http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-33889603 |
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