Peter Newson-Smith

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Charge:	Child/Minor Sex Abuse (incl. molestation)
Sentence:	5-1-2 years
Years Imprisoned:	0.5
Year Crime:	1983
Year Convicted:	2013
Year Cleared:	2014
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	United Kingdom
County or Region of Crime:	England
City of Crime:	Dorset
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Sir Peter Newson-Smith was wrongly convicted in May 2013 of two counts of indecently assaulting a former pupil in the early 1980s At that time Newson-Smith was the head of music at boarding school Clayesmore Prepatory School in Dorset, England. Newson-Smith is the 3rd Baronet of Totteridge. The alleged victim testified that Newson-Smith lured him into a cupboard and made him strip naked before molesting him. After the jury convicted Newson-Smith the judge sentenced him to 5-1-2 years in prison. Cartwright, who at the time of the trial was in his 40s, testified he didn't intend to sue to collect money damages for the abuse he alleged. After the trial Cartwright instituted proceedings to sue Newson-Smith and the school, Newson-Smith's appeal raised the issue that his conviction was unreliable because the jury was mislead by Cartwright's testimony that concealed he had a financial motive to be untruthful about his allegations. In January 2014 England's Court of Appeal quashed Newson-Smith's conviction and ordered his release with a retrial based on the allged victim's failure to disclose he planned to sue Newson-Smith and the school for damages."
Conviction Caused By:	Perjury by the alleged victim.
Innocence Proved By:	In January 2014 England's Court of Appeal quashed Newson-Smith's conviction and ordered his release with a retrial based on the alleged victim's failure to disclose he planned to sue Newson-Smith and the school for damages.
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Age When Imprisoned:	65
Age When Released:	65
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Baronet music teacher jailed for sexually abusing pupil has conviction quashed after court says victim's evidence was misleading, By staff writers, Daily Mail on Sunday (London), January 18, 2014"
Information Location 1:	http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2541861/Baronet-music-teacher-jailed-sexually-abusing-pupil-conviction-quashed-court-says-victims-evidence-misleading.html
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Peter Newson-Smith

Charge:

Child/Minor Sex Abuse (incl. molestation)

Sentence:

5-1-2 years

Years Imprisoned:

0.5

Year Crime:

1983

Year Convicted:

2013

Year Cleared:

2014

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

England

City of Crime:

Dorset

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Perjury by the alleged victim.

Innocence Proved By:

In January 2014 England's Court of Appeal quashed Newson-Smith's conviction and ordered his release with a retrial based on the alleged victim's failure to disclose he planned to sue Newson-Smith and the school for damages.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

65

Age When Released:

65

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Baronet music teacher jailed for sexually abusing pupil has conviction quashed after court says victim's evidence was misleading, By staff writers, Daily Mail on Sunday (London), January 18, 2014"

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2541861/Baronet-music-teacher-jailed-sexually-abusing-pupil-conviction-quashed-court-says-victims-evidence-misleading.html

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