Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Murder |
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Year Cleared: |
2002 |
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United Kingdom |
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Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
"Sydney George Mair was wrongly convicted of murder. The conviction of Sydney Mair was quashed by the Court of Appeals for England and Wales on December 3, 2002, and a conviction of affray (melee) substituted." |
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Innocence Proved By: |
"Court of Appeals quashed conviction on December 3, 2002 after referral by the Criminal Cases Review Commission" |
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Male |
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"Recent Case Statatistics, Criminal Cases Review Commission" |
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http://www.ccrc.gov.uk/latestnews/latestnews_case.html |
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