Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Robbery (includes armed robbery) |
Sentence: |
2 years |
Years Imprisoned: |
0.58 |
Year Crime: |
2010 |
Year Convicted: |
2011 |
Year Cleared: |
2011 |
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United Kingdom |
County or Region of Crime: |
England |
City of Crime: |
London |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
"Tariq Boota Mohammed was wrongly convicted in March 2011 of robbing youths of mobile phones at knifepoint in London's Arboretum Park n June 2010. His co-defendant admitted robbing the youths and being in possession of a knife, but Mohammed claimed that he had tried to restrain the robber and he didn't have a knife. In convicting him the jury found he was not in possession of a knife. Mohammed was sentenced to two years in prison. In late September 2011 England's Court of Appeal quashed his convictions on the basis that the jury erred convicting him of robbery if he wasn't in possession of a knife, because there was no evidence he had been involved in the robberies." |
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Innocence Proved By: |
"In late September 2011 England's Court of Appeal quashed his convictions on the basis that the jury erred convicting him of robbery if he wasn't in possession of a knife, because there was no evidence he had been involved in the robberies." |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
39 |
Age When Released: |
39 |
Sex: |
Male |
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Information Source 1: |
"Judges free man jailed over knifepoint robberies, by Peter Richardson, Burton Mail, September 26, 2011" |
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http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/News/Judges-free-man-jailed-over-knifepoint-robberies-26092011.htm |
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