Charles McKenzie

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Charge:	"Theft (including swindling/fraud, deception and grand larceny)"
Sentence:	14 months
Years Imprisoned:	0.8
Year Crime:	2012
Year Convicted:	2013
Year Cleared:	2015
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	United Kingdom
County or Region of Crime:	Scotland
City of Crime:	Dundee
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Charles McKenzie was wrongly convicted in 2013 of stealing electricity for use in his 14th floor apartment in February 2012 in Dundee, Scotland. McKenzie pled guilty and was sentenced to 14 months in prison. McKenzie appealed. In July 2015 the High Court in Edinburgh quashed McKenzie's conviction on the basis the search of his apartment was illegal, because the police did not otain a warrant. The High Court ruled that there was insufficient evidence to prove McKenzie committed a crime without the evidence illegally obtained during the search."
Conviction Caused By:	Illegal police search.
Innocence Proved By:	"In July 2015 the High Court in Edinburgh quashed McKenzie's conviction on the basis the search of his apartment was illegal, because the police did not otain a warrant. The High Court ruled that there was insufficient evidence to prove McKenzie committed a crime without the evidence illegally obtained during the search."
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Age When Imprisoned:	58
Age When Released:	59
Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"Dundee man has conviction for stealing electricity quashed after police bungle, By Mark Mackay, The Courier (Dundee, Scotland), July 15, 2015"
Information Location 1:	http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/dundee/dundee-man-has-conviction-for-stealing-electricity-quashed-after-police-bungle-1.889851
Information Source 2:	"Reckless' DIY power plant man jailed for 14 months, By Staff, BBC News, March 19, 2015"
Information Location 2:	http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-31970399
Information Source 3:	"Appeal by Dundee thief who set up DIY power station in his flat, By Will Lyon, Evening Telegraph (Edinburgh, Scotland) June 30, 2015"
Information Location 3:	http://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/2015/06/30/appeal-by-dundee-thief-who-set-up-diy-power-station-in-his-flat/
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Charles McKenzie

Charge:

"Theft (including swindling/fraud, deception and grand larceny)"

Sentence:

14 months

Years Imprisoned:

0.8

Year Crime:

2012

Year Convicted:

2013

Year Cleared:

2015

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

Scotland

City of Crime:

Dundee

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Illegal police search.

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

58

Age When Released:

59

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Information Source 1:

"Dundee man has conviction for stealing electricity quashed after police bungle, By Mark Mackay, The Courier (Dundee, Scotland), July 15, 2015"

Information Location 1:

http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/dundee/dundee-man-has-conviction-for-stealing-electricity-quashed-after-police-bungle-1.889851

Information Source 2:

"Reckless' DIY power plant man jailed for 14 months, By Staff, BBC News, March 19, 2015"

Information Location 2:

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-31970399

Information Source 3:

"Appeal by Dundee thief who set up DIY power station in his flat, By Will Lyon, Evening Telegraph (Edinburgh, Scotland) June 30, 2015"

Information Location 3:

http://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/2015/06/30/appeal-by-dundee-thief-who-set-up-diy-power-station-in-his-flat/

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