Anver Daud Sheikh

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Charge:	Child/Minor Sex Abuse (incl. molestation)
Sentence:	8 years
Years Imprisoned:	4
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Year Convicted:	2002
Year Cleared:	2006
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	United Kingdom
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Anver Daud Sheikh was twice wrongly convicted of child abuse that had allegedly occurred more than 20 years prior to his May 2002 conviction when he worked as a housemaster at a children's home. In quashing his conviction on February 5, 2004, and ordering a new trial, Mr. Justice Hedley of The Court of Appeals' three judge panel said the prosecution's case was "holed below the water line." Anver was released on bail pending his retrial, but was again convicted in January 2005. In October 2006 the Court of Appeals again quashed his conviction, based on "missing" documents that weren't considered by the trial judge in allowing the case to go to trial that prove Anver Daud Sheikh couldn't have been guilty, because he didn't work at the children's home at the time of the alleged crime. There were also issues related to the credibility of the 14-year-old girl who made the allegation. Sheikh was wrongly imprisoned for almost four years (44 months)."
Conviction Caused By:	"Erroneous testimony by the alleged victims, since Mr. Sheikh didn't work at the children's home at the time of the alleged abuse."
Innocence Proved By:	"Court of Appeals quashed the convictions on February 5, 2004 after referral by the Criminal Cases Review Commission"
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Age When Imprisoned:	52
Age When Released:	56
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Freed Careworker Wants Answers, BBC Online, February 5,2004"
Information Location 1:	http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3460799.stm
Information Source 2:	"More Convictions In Doubt As Abuse Conviction Quashed, The Guardian (UK), by Bob Woffinden, February 6, 2004"
Information Location 2:	"http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1142089,00.html"
Information Source 3:	"Appeal court clears anver sheikh of sex abuse again, York Press, October 17, 2006"
Information Location 3:	http://archive.thisisyork.co.uk/2006/10/17/349276.html
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Anver Daud Sheikh

Charge:

Child/Minor Sex Abuse (incl. molestation)

Sentence:

8 years

Years Imprisoned:

4

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

2002

Year Cleared:

2006

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

"Erroneous testimony by the alleged victims, since Mr. Sheikh didn't work at the children's home at the time of the alleged abuse."

Innocence Proved By:

"Court of Appeals quashed the convictions on February 5, 2004 after referral by the Criminal Cases Review Commission"

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

52

Age When Released:

56

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Freed Careworker Wants Answers, BBC Online, February 5,2004"

Information Location 1:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3460799.stm

Information Source 2:

"More Convictions In Doubt As Abuse Conviction Quashed, The Guardian (UK), by Bob Woffinden, February 6, 2004"

Information Location 2:

"http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1142089,00.html"

Information Source 3:

"Appeal court clears anver sheikh of sex abuse again, York Press, October 17, 2006"

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http://archive.thisisyork.co.uk/2006/10/17/349276.html

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