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Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Harassment criminal (incl. Aggravated) |
Sentence: |
21 months |
Years Imprisoned: |
0.02 |
Year Crime: |
2001 |
Year Convicted: |
2003 |
Year Cleared: |
2012 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
United Kingdom |
County or Region of Crime: |
Scotland |
City of Crime: |
Mollinsburn |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
Colin McIntyre was wrongly convicted on 7/11/2003 of assault. McIntyre submitted an application to Scotland's Criminal Case Review Commission (SCCRC) for review of his conviction as a miscarriage of justice. McIntyre's case was referred by the SCCRC on 4/8/2011 to Scotland's Court of Appeal. On 3/12/2012 the appeals court quashed Colin McIntyre's convictions. |
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Innocence Proved By: |
"Conviction quashed by Scotland's Appeal Court, High Court of Justiciary on 3/12/2012." |
Defendant Aided By: |
Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission |
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Was Perpetrator Identified? |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
36 |
Age When Released: |
36 |
Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
White |
Information Source 1: |
"Government faces false jailing claim, The Herald (Edinburgh, Scotland), 10-30-2012" |
Information Location 1: |
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/government-faces-false-jailing-claim.19254051 |
Information Source 2: |
"Colin McIntyre, Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission referred cases database (last viewed Feb. 7, 2014)" |
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http://www.sccrc.org.uk/conviction.aspx?start=13 |
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