William Mills

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Charge:	Bank Robbery (incld. Armed)
Sentence:	9 years
Years Imprisoned:	1.5
Year Crime:	2007
Year Convicted:	2008
Year Cleared:	2009
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	United Kingdom
County or Region of Crime:	Scotland
City of Crime:
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"William Mills, aka Billy Mills, was wrongly convicted in August 2008 of a May 2007 bank robbery in Glasgow, Scotland. Billy Mills' conviction of robbing the bank of £8,216 was based on his identification by two witnesses and two police officers -- even though the robbery wore a mask partially covering his face. The jury rejected Mills' alibi defene that he was home at the time of the robbery, and expert testimony that the man in the bank surveilance photos was not Mills. He was sentenced to nine years in prison. Mills appealed and in February 2009 he was released on bail pending the outcome of his appeal. Witnesses said the robber spoke with a South African accent. After Mills' conviction biological matter left by the robber on a bank doorstop was tested for the presence of DNA. The DNA analysis resulted in a profile linked to a South African with a criminal history of robbery. On April 8, 2009 Scotland's Court of Appeal quashed Mills' conviction as a miscarriage of justice and he was released after 1-1/2 years in custody."
Conviction Caused By:	Erroneously identified by four eyewitnesses.
Innocence Proved By:	"DNA testing of crime scene evidence after Billy Mills' conviction was linked to a South African with a criminal history for robbery. On April 9, 2009 Scotland's Court of Appeal quashed Mills' conviction as a miscarriage of justice and he was released."
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Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
Age When Imprisoned:	40
Age When Released:	42
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"I was sentenced to nine years in jail for bank robbery I didn't commit, By Tom Hamilton, Glasgow Daily Record, March 30, 2009"
Information Location 1:	http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2009/03/30/exclusive-i-was-sentenced-to-nine-years-in-jail-for-bank-robbery-i-didn-t-commit-86908-21238904/
Information Source 2:	"Judges quash robbery conviction, BBC News, April 9, 2009"
Information Location 2:	http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7992062.stm
Information Source 3:	"Armed robber threatens bank staff, BBC News, May 24, 2007"
Information Location 3:	http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/6688713.stm
Information Source 4:	"‘I couldn’t believe it – I don’t know how they came to a guilty verdict, The Herald (Glasgow, Scotland), April 16, 2009"
Information Location 4:	http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/news/display.var.2502040.0.I_couldnt_believe_it_I_dont_know_how_they_came_to_a_guilty_verdict.php
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William Mills

Charge:

Bank Robbery (incld. Armed)

Sentence:

9 years

Years Imprisoned:

1.5

Year Crime:

2007

Year Convicted:

2008

Year Cleared:

2009

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

Scotland

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Erroneously identified by four eyewitnesses.

Innocence Proved By:

"DNA testing of crime scene evidence after Billy Mills' conviction was linked to a South African with a criminal history for robbery. On April 9, 2009 Scotland's Court of Appeal quashed Mills' conviction as a miscarriage of justice and he was released."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

40

Age When Released:

42

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"I was sentenced to nine years in jail for bank robbery I didn't commit, By Tom Hamilton, Glasgow Daily Record, March 30, 2009"

Information Location 1:

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2009/03/30/exclusive-i-was-sentenced-to-nine-years-in-jail-for-bank-robbery-i-didn-t-commit-86908-21238904/

Information Source 2:

"Judges quash robbery conviction, BBC News, April 9, 2009"

Information Location 2:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7992062.stm

Information Source 3:

"Armed robber threatens bank staff, BBC News, May 24, 2007"

Information Location 3:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/6688713.stm

Information Source 4:

"‘I couldn’t believe it – I don’t know how they came to a guilty verdict, The Herald (Glasgow, Scotland), April 16, 2009"

Information Location 4:

http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/news/display.var.2502040.0.I_couldnt_believe_it_I_dont_know_how_they_came_to_a_guilty_verdict.php

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