Ephraim Makomeke

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Charge:	Indecent Assault (Incl. aggravated)
Sentence:	10 years
Years Imprisoned:	1
Year Crime:	2009
Year Convicted:	2010
Year Cleared:	2011
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Zimbabwe
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Ephraim Makomeke was headmaster of Highfield High School in Zimbabwe when he was wrongly convicted in 2010 of the indecent assault of a student on December 5, 2009. The only evidence against Makomeke was the student's testimony that when he gave her a ride home from a shopping center where he saw her loitering, he inserted his fingers thrice into her private parts. Makomeke was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Makomeke appealed and was acquitted by Zimbabwe's High Court on June 4, 2011 based on insufficient evidence, which bars his retrial."
Conviction Caused By:	False testimony by the alleged victim.
Innocence Proved By:	"Makomeke was acquitted by Zimbabwe's High Court on June 4, 2011 based on insufficient evidence."
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Age When Imprisoned:	67
Age When Released:	68
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Headmaster's Jail Term Quashed, The Herald (Zimbabwe), June 5, 2011"
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Ephraim Makomeke

Charge:

Indecent Assault (Incl. aggravated)

Sentence:

10 years

Years Imprisoned:

1

Year Crime:

2009

Year Convicted:

2010

Year Cleared:

2011

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Zimbabwe

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

False testimony by the alleged victim.

Innocence Proved By:

"Makomeke was acquitted by Zimbabwe's High Court on June 4, 2011 based on insufficient evidence."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

67

Age When Released:

68

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Headmaster's Jail Term Quashed, The Herald (Zimbabwe), June 5, 2011"

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http://allafrica.com/stories/201106060056.html

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