Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Obstruction of Justice |
Sentence: |
4 years |
Years Imprisoned: |
2.5 |
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Year Convicted: |
1987 |
Year Cleared: |
1990 |
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United Kingdom |
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Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
Mohammed Yusef Patel was wrongly convicted of prejudicing an international drug investigation. The sole evidence against Mohammed Patelhim was an alleged confession that turned out to have been fabricated by the police. The appeals court reversed his conviction after learning that a scientific analysis of the statement he gave to the police showed that the part of it that was incriminating had been re-written after he signed it. |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
31 |
Age When Released: |
33 |
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Male |
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Asian |
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