Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Murder and Perverting the Course of Justice |
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Years Imprisoned: |
8 |
Year Crime: |
2001 |
Year Convicted: |
2008 |
Year Cleared: |
2011 |
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United Kingdom |
County or Region of Crime: |
England |
City of Crime: |
Croydon |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
"Prabu Santharatnam, Jathies Santharatnam, Nimalan Nadarajah, Mayuran Seevaratnam, and Nimalrajah Thambithurai were five of six defendants were convicted on July 19, 2004 of charges related to the murder of Sellathurai Balasingham on November 6, 2001 as he was driving home. The convictions of all six defendants were overturned by the Court of Appeals in 2007, and five were again convicted of charges after a retrial in July 2008. On April 12, 2011 the Court of Appeals quashed the convictions of all five defendants based on new eyewitness evidence. The men were released after 8 years of incarceration." |
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Innocence Proved By: |
"On April 12, 2011 the Court of Appeals quashed the convictions of all five defendants based on new eyewitness evidence." |
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Was Perpetrator Identified? |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
22 |
Age When Released: |
30 |
Sex: |
Male |
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Information Source 1: |
"Brothers released after serving eight years for murder, By Craig Burnett, Wimbledon Guardian, April 21, 2011" |
Information Location 1: |
http://www.wimbledonguardian.co.uk/news/8987146.Brothers_released_after_serving_eight_years_for_murder/ |
Information Source 2: |
"Santharatnam, R. v, Court of Appeal - Criminal Division, July 24, 2007, [2007] EWCA Crim 2687 " |
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http://www.bailii.org/cgi-bin/markup.cgi?doc=/ew/cases/EWCA/Crim/2007/2687.html&query=Santharatnam&method=boolean |
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"Six convicted over fatal bashing, By Daniel Knowles (staff), This Is Local London, July 19, 2008" |
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http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/2403533.six_convicted_over_fatal_bashing/ |
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