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Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Inflicting Grievous Bodily Harm |
Sentence: |
5 years |
Years Imprisoned: |
2 |
Year Crime: |
2010 |
Year Convicted: |
2011 |
Year Cleared: |
2013 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
United Kingdom |
County or Region of Crime: |
England |
City of Crime: |
Manchester |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
"S. P. was wrongly convicted in November 2011 of causing egrigous bodily harm for biting the ear of a man the beer garden of a pub in Ashton-Under-Lyne, England on May 9, 2010. P. was sentenced to five years in prison. In July 2013 P.'s conviction was overturned by the UK's Court of Appeals, and he was acquitted after a retrial in August 2013 after the prosecution offered no evidence." |
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Innocence Proved By: |
"In July 2013 S. P.'s conviction was overturned by the UK's Court of Appeals, and he was acquitted after a retrial in August 2013 after the prosecution offered no evidence." |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
44 |
Age When Released: |
46 |
Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
White |
Information Source 1: |
"Aston-Under-Lyne party ear-biter conviction overturned, Staff writer, BBC News, September 6, 2013" |
Information Location 1: |
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-23994922 |
Information Source 2: |
"Birthday ear-biter is jailed, Staff writer, BBC News, November 24, 2011" |
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http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-15875547 |
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