Emanuel Muscat

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Charge:	Animal Trapping
Sentence:	€700 fine
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Year Crime:	2012
Year Convicted:	2013
Year Cleared:	2016
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Malta
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City of Crime:	Dingli
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Emanuel Muscat was wrongly convicted in 2013 of illegally trapping near Dingli, Malta on November 4, 2012. Muscat's prosecution was based on the testimony of a police sergeant that he was found at a site with traps and nets during the closed trapping season. The police testified Muscat admitted the traps and nets were his. Muscat's defense was he was not at the site, and he produced a doctor's certificate showing he was home that day on sick leave. He also denied admitting that the nets that were found were his, although he did admit the traps were his -- but he dened they were set and being used. After his conviction by a magistrate Muscat was fined €700. Muscat appealed. In October 2016 the Malta Court of Appeals overturned Muscat's conviction on the basis the prosecution introduced insufficient evidence to prove his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt."
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Information Source 1:	"Trapping conviction quashed, By Staff Writer, Times of Malta, October 19, 2016"
Information Location 1:	http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20161019/local/trapping-conviction-quashed.628456
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Emanuel Muscat

Charge:

Animal Trapping

Sentence:

€700 fine

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2012

Year Convicted:

2013

Year Cleared:

2016

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Malta

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Dingli

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

In October 2016 the Malta Court of Appeals overturned Muscat's conviction on the basis the prosecution introduced insufficient evidence to prove his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Male

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"Trapping conviction quashed, By Staff Writer, Times of Malta, October 19, 2016"

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http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20161019/local/trapping-conviction-quashed.628456

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