Gerry Rintoul

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Charge:	Child/Minor Sex Abuse (incl. molestation)
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Years Imprisoned:	0.01
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Year Convicted:	2005
Year Cleared:	2006
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	United Kingdom
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	Wrongly convicted in August 2005 of lewd and libidinous behavior with a girl more than 20 years earlier. Gerry Rintoul's conviction was quashed in July 2006 based on the fact that the prosecution didn't present any evidence that the young woman involved was under 12 years old -- which the law required them to prove. Rintoul was imprisoned for four days after his conviction before he was released on bail pending his appeal.
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Innocence Proved By:	Court of Appeal quashed his conviction.
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Man tells of ordeal after child indecency conviction is quashed, Scotsman - Edinburgh Evening News, August 1, 2006"
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Gerry Rintoul

Charge:

Child/Minor Sex Abuse (incl. molestation)

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

0.01

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

2005

Year Cleared:

2006

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

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Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

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Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Court of Appeal quashed his conviction.

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

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"Man tells of ordeal after child indecency conviction is quashed, Scotsman - Edinburgh Evening News, August 1, 2006"

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http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh.cfm?id=1115212006

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