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Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Illegally using public transportation |
Sentence: |
"AUS$220 fine & AUS$1,000 court costs" |
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Year Crime: |
2017 |
Year Convicted: |
2017 |
Year Cleared: |
2018 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Australia |
County or Region of Crime: |
New South Wales |
City of Crime: |
Newton |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
"Meow-Ludo Disco Gamma Meow-Meow was wrongly convicted in March 14, 2018 of misdemeanor for using public transport in Newton, New South Wales, Australia in 2017 without a valid ticket and for not producing a ticket to an officer for Transport New South Wales. The ticket is called an Opal Card. Meow-Meow removed the chip from his Opal Card and had it implanted in his left hand for convenience and so he wouldn’t have to keep track of it. Meow-Meow was prosecuted on the basis removing the chip technically violated the Opal Card's terms of service. After Meow-Meow pled guilty he was sentenced to pay a fine of $220 fine and ordered to pay $1,000 in court costs. Although he pled guilty, Meow-Meo appealed. On June 17, 2018 New South Wales District Court Judge Dina Yehia quashed Meow-Meow's conviction. Judge Yehia described the case as "highly unusual … involving a unique set of circumstances." She said that given the evidence the objective seriousness of his alleged offence was towards the lower end of the range of what would constitute a crime, if not the bottom." |
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Innocence Proved By: |
"On June 17, 2018 New South Wales District Court Judge Dina Yehia quashed Meow-Meow's conviction. Judge Yehia described the case as "highly unusual … involving a unique set of circumstances." She said that given the evidence the objective seriousness of his alleged offence was towards the lower end of the range of what would constitute a crime, if not the bottom." |
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Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
White |
Information Source 1: |
"Biohacker Meow-Ludo Disco Gamma Meow-Meow who implanted Opal Card into hand escapes conviction, By Meredith Griffiths, ABC.net.au, June 17, 2018" |
Information Location 1: |
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-18/biohacker-who-implanted-opal-card-into-hand-escapes-conviction/9880524 |
Information Source 2: |
"Sydney bio-hacker who implanted Opal Card into hand fined for not using valid ticket, By Lily Mayers, ABC.net.au, March 15, 2018" |
Information Location 2: |
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-16/opal-card-implant-man-pleads-guilty-transport-offences/9555608 |
Information Source 3: |
"Sydney man has Opal card implanted into hand to make catching public transport easier, By Nick Dole, ABC.net.au, June 27, 2017" |
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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-27/sydney-bio-hacker-has-opal-travel-card-implanted-into-hand/8656174 |
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