Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Homicide (criminally negligent) |
Sentence: |
8-1/2 years |
Years Imprisoned: |
1.25 |
Year Crime: |
2011 |
Year Convicted: |
2013 |
Year Cleared: |
2014 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Australia |
County or Region of Crime: |
Victoria |
City of Crime: |
Melbourne |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
"Khaled Moustafa was wrongly convicted in July 2013 of aiding and abetting the defensive homicide shooting of a man in Melbourne, Australia in August 2011. Moustafa's codefendant was convicted of homicide, and they were both sentenced to 8-1/2 years in prison with a minimum term of 5-1/2 years imprisonment before parole. On October 30, 2014 Victoria's Court of appeal acquitted Moustafa on the basis it wasn't possible for him to be guilty of aiding and abetting defensive homicide. Moustafa's codefendant's conviction was affirmed." |
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Innocence Proved By: |
"On October 30, 2014 Victoria's Court of appeal acquitted Moustafa on the basis it wasn't possible for him to be guilty of aiding and abetting defensive homicide." |
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Was Perpetrator Identified? |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
23 |
Age When Released: |
24 |
Sex: |
Male |
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Information Source 1: |
Kassab and Moustafa v The Queen [2014] VSCA 270 (30 October 2014) |
Information Location 1: |
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/vic/VSCA/2014/270.html |
Information Source 2: |
"One of two men jailed over fatal shootings at Brunswick panel beaters walks free, By Mark Russell (Staff writer), The Age (Melbourne, AUS), October 30, 2014" |
Information Location 2: |
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/one-of-two-men-jailed-over-fatal-shootings-at-brunswick-panel-beaters-walks-free-20141030-11e4fh.html |
Information Source 3: |
"Vic man acquitted of shooting on appeal, By AAP, 9news.com.au, October 30, 2014" |
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http://www.9news.com.au/national/2014/10/30/14/54/vic-man-acquitted-of-shooting-on-appeal |
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