Symieon Robinson-Pierre

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Charge:	Dangerous Dog in Public
Sentence:	22 months imprisonment and disqualified from owning a dog for a period of 5 years
Years Imprisoned:	0.83
Year Crime:	2012
Year Convicted:	2012
Year Cleared:	2013
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	United Kingdom
County or Region of Crime:	England
City of Crime:	London
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Symieon Robinson-Pierre was wrongly convicted on August 6, 2012 of having a dangerous dog in public after his pit bull bit five police officers in east London on March 22, 2012. Robinson-Pierre was sentenced to 22 months in prison and disqualified from owning a dog for a period of 5 years. On December 20, 2013 the UK's Court of Appeal quashed Robinson-Pierre's conviction on the basis one of the officers was bit in his house so the law wasn't violated, and the other four officers were only bit after they had allowed the dog out of the house, so he hadn't violated the law."
Conviction Caused By:	The trial judge failed to correctly apply the law.
Innocence Proved By:	"On December 20, 2013 the UK's Court of Appeal quashed Robinson-Pierre's conviction on the basis one of the officers was bit in his house so the law wasn't violated, and the other four officers were only bit after they had allowed the dog out of the house, so he hadn't violated the law."
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Age When Imprisoned:	25
Age When Released:	25
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	Robinson-Pierre v R [2013] EWCA Crim 2396 (20 December 2013)
Information Location 1:	http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Crim/2013/2396.html
Information Source 2:	"Pit bull owner has conviction overturned after blaming police for his dog's attack, Staff writers, London Evening Standard, December 20, 2013"
Information Location 2:	http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/pit-bull-owner-has-conviction-overturned-after-blaming-police-for-his-dogs-attack-9019017.html
Information Source 3:	"Graphic Footage of Pit Bull dog attacking Policemen, Youtube.com (last viewed 12-24-2013)"
Information Location 3:	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auk1MfjHT9Q
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Symieon Robinson-Pierre

Charge:

Dangerous Dog in Public

Sentence:

22 months imprisonment and disqualified from owning a dog for a period of 5 years

Years Imprisoned:

0.83

Year Crime:

2012

Year Convicted:

2012

Year Cleared:

2013

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

England

City of Crime:

London

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

The trial judge failed to correctly apply the law.

Innocence Proved By:

"On December 20, 2013 the UK's Court of Appeal quashed Robinson-Pierre's conviction on the basis one of the officers was bit in his house so the law wasn't violated, and the other four officers were only bit after they had allowed the dog out of the house, so he hadn't violated the law."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

25

Age When Released:

25

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

Robinson-Pierre v R [2013] EWCA Crim 2396 (20 December 2013)

Information Location 1:

http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Crim/2013/2396.html

Information Source 2:

"Pit bull owner has conviction overturned after blaming police for his dog's attack, Staff writers, London Evening Standard, December 20, 2013"

Information Location 2:

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/pit-bull-owner-has-conviction-overturned-after-blaming-police-for-his-dogs-attack-9019017.html

Information Source 3:

"Graphic Footage of Pit Bull dog attacking Policemen, Youtube.com (last viewed 12-24-2013)"

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auk1MfjHT9Q

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