Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Robbery (includes armed robbery) |
Sentence: |
10 months and 14 months probation |
Years Imprisoned: |
0.83 |
Year Crime: |
2011 |
Year Convicted: |
2011 |
Year Cleared: |
2013 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
United Kingdom |
County or Region of Crime: |
Northern Ireland |
City of Crime: |
Co Down |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
"Christopher Millar and Marc McClenaghan were codefendants wrongly convicted of a robbery during a taxi ride in Co Down, Northern Ireland in March 2011." |
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Innocence Proved By: |
"On June 6, 2013 the Northern Ireland Court of Appeal quashed Millar and McClenaghan's convictions based on the alleged victim's recantation of his statement prior to or during trial." |
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Male |
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Information Source 1: |
"Men jailed two years ago for taxi robbery have their convictions quashed, Staff, Belfast Telegraph (Belfast, NI), June 6, 2013" |
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http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/men-jailed-two-years-ago-for-taxi-robbery-have-their-convictions-quashed-29325915.html |
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Innocents Database Created and Maintained by Hans Sherrer innocents@forejustice.org