Mark Paterson

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Charge:	Indecent Assault (Incl. aggravated)
Sentence:	200 hrs community service
Years Imprisoned:
Year Crime:	2002
Year Convicted:	2006
Year Cleared:	2014
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	United Kingdom
County or Region of Crime:	Scotland
City of Crime:	Aberdeen
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Mark Paterson was a monk wrongly convicted of indecently assaulting a woman at the University of Aberdeen in 2007 in Aberdeen, Scotland. The woman testified the alleged offense occurred sometime between 2002 and 2004 at the university's Chaplaincy Centre. After Paterson's conviction he was sentenced to 200 hrs community service. His conviction was referred to the appeals court in 2012 by the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission. On January 16, 2014 Mark Paterson's conviction was quashed by Scotland's Justiciary Appeal Court in Edinburgh based on fresh evidence and non-disclosure of favorable evidence by the prosecution."
Conviction Caused By:	The prosecution failed to disclose favorable evidence.
Innocence Proved By:	"On January 16, 2014 Mark Paterson's conviction was quashed by Scotland's Justiciary Appeal Court in Edinburgh based on fresh evidence and non-disclosure of favorable evidence by the prosecution."
Defendant Aided By:	Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Monk Mark Paterson has Aberdeen indecent assault conviction overturned, By BBC staff, BBC News, January 16, 2014"
Information Location 1:	http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-25761166
Information Source 2:	"Mark Paterson, Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission referred cases database (last viewed Feb. 7, 2014)"
Information Location 2:	http://www.sccrc.org.uk/conviction.aspx?start=5
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Mark Paterson

Charge:

Indecent Assault (Incl. aggravated)

Sentence:

200 hrs community service

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2002

Year Convicted:

2006

Year Cleared:

2014

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

Scotland

City of Crime:

Aberdeen

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

The prosecution failed to disclose favorable evidence.

Innocence Proved By:

"On January 16, 2014 Mark Paterson's conviction was quashed by Scotland's Justiciary Appeal Court in Edinburgh based on fresh evidence and non-disclosure of favorable evidence by the prosecution."

Defendant Aided By:

Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Monk Mark Paterson has Aberdeen indecent assault conviction overturned, By BBC staff, BBC News, January 16, 2014"

Information Location 1:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-25761166

Information Source 2:

"Mark Paterson, Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission referred cases database (last viewed Feb. 7, 2014)"

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http://www.sccrc.org.uk/conviction.aspx?start=5

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