Blair Robert McNaughton

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:
Years Imprisoned:	4.92
Year Crime:	2009
Year Convicted:	2012
Year Cleared:	2014
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	New Zealand
County or Region of Crime:
City of Crime:	Nelson
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Samuel Ingram Gillbanks, Blake Paul Cunnard, Jared Matthew Perry, Blair Robert McNaughton, and Issac Crawford Warren were codefendants wrongly convicted on February 24, 2012 of charges related to the shotgun death of Troy Minto in Nelson, New Zealand in November 2009."
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Innocence Proved By:	"McNaughton and Isaac were acquitted on September 19, 2014 by a jury after a retrial. McNaughton was immediately released after being in custody for 4 years and 11 months since the shooting of Troy Minto in November 2009. Isaac had been released on bail after 18 months in custody."
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Age When Imprisoned:	24
Age When Released:	29
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Shock acquittal at killing retrial, By Jonathan Carson, The Nelson Mail, September 20, 2014"
Information Location 1:	http://cached.newslookup.com/cached.php?ref_id=131&siteid=2122&id=8370137&t=1411174500
Information Source 2:	"Three have homicide convictions quashed, NZ Newswire, November 27, 2014"
Information Location 2:	https://au.news.yahoo.com/a/25629396/three-have-homicide-convictions-quashed/
Information Source 3:	"Minto five found guilty, By Staff writer, The Nelson Mail, Feb. 24, 2012"
Information Location 3:	http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/news/6480222/Minto-five-found-guilty
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Blair Robert McNaughton

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

4.92

Year Crime:

2009

Year Convicted:

2012

Year Cleared:

2014

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

New Zealand

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Nelson

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

"Samuel Ingram Gillbanks, Blake Paul Cunnard, Jared Matthew Perry, Blair Robert McNaughton, and Issac Crawford Warren were codefendants wrongly convicted on February 24, 2012 of charges related to the shotgun death of Troy Minto in Nelson, New Zealand in November 2009."

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"McNaughton and Isaac were acquitted on September 19, 2014 by a jury after a retrial. McNaughton was immediately released after being in custody for 4 years and 11 months since the shooting of Troy Minto in November 2009. Isaac had been released on bail after 18 months in custody."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

24

Age When Released:

29

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Shock acquittal at killing retrial, By Jonathan Carson, The Nelson Mail, September 20, 2014"

Information Location 1:

http://cached.newslookup.com/cached.php?ref_id=131&siteid=2122&id=8370137&t=1411174500

Information Source 2:

"Three have homicide convictions quashed, NZ Newswire, November 27, 2014"

Information Location 2:

https://au.news.yahoo.com/a/25629396/three-have-homicide-convictions-quashed/

Information Source 3:

"Minto five found guilty, By Staff writer, The Nelson Mail, Feb. 24, 2012"

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http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/news/6480222/Minto-five-found-guilty

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