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Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
"Theft (including swindling/fraud, deception and grand larceny)" |
Sentence: |
21 months |
Years Imprisoned: |
0.5 |
Year Crime: |
2014 |
Year Convicted: |
2015 |
Year Cleared: |
2016 |
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United Kingdom |
County or Region of Crime: |
England |
City of Crime: |
Hastingwood |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
"Jake Seaton was wrongly convicted in July 2015 of the theft of diesel oil worth £1,200-£1,600 from a storage tank at the St Clare Hospice in Hastingwood, England on May 12, 2014. Seaton's prosecution was based on a police officer's identification of him from a grainy still image taken from CCTV film of the thief. " |
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21 |
Age When Released: |
22 |
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Male |
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"Man freed from jail after conviction for St Clare Hospice fuel theft is quashed, By Staff writer, Herts & Essex Observer, January 22, 2016" |
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http://www.hertsandessexobserver.co.uk/Man-freed-jail-conviction-St-Clare-Hospice-fuel/story-28584451-detail/story.html |
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Innocents Database Created and Maintained by Hans Sherrer innocents@forejustice.org