Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Sexual Assault (includes aggravated) |
Sentence: |
7 months |
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Year Crime: |
2002 |
Year Convicted: |
2007 |
Year Cleared: |
2007 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Cyprus |
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Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
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"Wrongly convicted on January 8, 2007 of 23 charges relating to the sexually harassment and indecent assault of his two secretaries. Costas Papadimas is Cyprus' former ambassador to Sweden, and he was sentenced by the Nicosia Criminal Court to seven months imprisonment. On May 24, 2007 Cyprus' Supreme Court quashed Papadimas' conviction on the basis that the prosecution presented no credible witnesses to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Papadimas committed the crimes." |
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Innocence Proved By: |
"On May 24, 2007 Cyprus' Supreme Court quashed Papadimas' conviction on the basis that the prosecution presented no credible witnesses to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Papadimas committed the crimes." |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
53 |
Age When Released: |
53 |
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Male |
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Information Source 1: |
"Supreme Court clears ambassador on appeal, Cyprus Mail, May 25, 2007" |
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http://www.cyprus-mail.com/news/main.php?id=32587&cat_id=1 |
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