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Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Murder |
Sentence: |
Life Imprisonment |
Years Imprisoned: |
11 |
Year Crime: |
1996 |
Year Convicted: |
1998 |
Year Cleared: |
2009 |
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United Kingdom |
County or Region of Crime: |
England |
City of Crime: |
Leeds |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
"Danny Mansell was wrongly convicted in 1998 of the murder in 1996 of a pensioner in Leeds, England. On November 30, 2009 the UK's Court of Appeal quashed Mansell's conviction based on new evidence his prosecution was based on the perjurious testimony of a police informant. The charges were dismissed and Mansell was released." |
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Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
White |
Information Source 1: |
"The murder convictions of Daniel Mansell and Paul Maxwell were quashed on 30 November 2009, Innocent.org.uk" |
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http://www.innocent.org.uk/cases/MansellMaxwell.html |
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"'Tragic accident’ as supergrass victim found dead at home, By Staff writers, The Yorkshire Post, June 4, 2014" |
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http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/main-topics/general-news/tragic-accident-as-supergrass-victim-found-dead-at-home-1-6652994 |
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Innocents Database Created and Maintained by Hans Sherrer innocents@forejustice.org