Marius van Rensburg

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Charge:	Assault (Including Battery)
Sentence:	2 years
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Year Crime:	1999
Year Convicted:	2006
Year Cleared:	2008
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	South Africa
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Marius van Rensburg was co-defendant of Marius Visser. Both men were wrongly convicted in 2006 of assault for allegedly setting a police dog on a man in 1999. Both men were sentenced to two years in prison, and released on bail pending the outcome of their appeal. In July 2008 the Cape Town High Court overturned the convictions on the basis that the witness statements taken over the seven years that elapsed from the time of the alleged incident and the men's trial made them too unreliable to establish the men's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt."
Conviction Caused By:	Unreliable witness statements.
Innocence Proved By:	In July 2008 the Cape Town High Court overturned the convictions on the basis that the witness statements taken over the seven years that elapsed from the time of the alleged incident and the men's trial made them too unreliable to establish the men's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Conviction of 'dog attack' cops quashed, By Fatima Schroeder, The Cape Argus, July 25, 2008"
Information Location 1:	http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?from=rss_South%20Africa&set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=vn20080725111334996C627733
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Marius van Rensburg

Charge:

Assault (Including Battery)

Sentence:

2 years

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

1999

Year Convicted:

2006

Year Cleared:

2008

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

South Africa

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Unreliable witness statements.

Innocence Proved By:

In July 2008 the Cape Town High Court overturned the convictions on the basis that the witness statements taken over the seven years that elapsed from the time of the alleged incident and the men's trial made them too unreliable to establish the men's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Conviction of 'dog attack' cops quashed, By Fatima Schroeder, The Cape Argus, July 25, 2008"

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http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?from=rss_South%20Africa&set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=vn20080725111334996C627733

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