Petros Zwelethu Shozi

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	9 years
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Year Cleared:	2005
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	South Africa
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City of Crime:	Port Shepstone
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Petros Zwelethu Shozi was wrongly convicted of murder in Port Shepstone, South Africa. Port Shepstone regional Magistrate Nonesi Dlamini presided over the trial of Petros Shozi and after finding him guilty, she sentenced him to nine years in prison. On October 17, 2005 Petros Shozi's conviction was set aside by the High Court of Appeal in Pietermaritzburg. Due to Magistrate Dlamini's handling of Shozi's case she was reported to the Magistrate's Commission by the high court judges of appeal sitting in Pietermaritzburg. It was one of Dlamini's two cases the High Court reported to the Magistrate's Commission the week of October 17, 2005."
Conviction Caused By:	Mishandling of the case by Port Shepstone regional Magistrate Nonesi Dlamini.
Innocence Proved By:	"Conviction set aside on October 17, 2005 by the High Court of Appeal in Pietermaritzburg."
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Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"Appeal Judges Censure Magistrate, by Bob Frean & Ingrid Oellermann, The Mercury, Durban, South Africa, October 21, 2005"
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Petros Zwelethu Shozi

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

9 years

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

Year Cleared:

2005

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

South Africa

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Port Shepstone

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Mishandling of the case by Port Shepstone regional Magistrate Nonesi Dlamini.

Innocence Proved By:

"Conviction set aside on October 17, 2005 by the High Court of Appeal in Pietermaritzburg."

Defendant Aided By:

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Male

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"Appeal Judges Censure Magistrate, by Bob Frean & Ingrid Oellermann, The Mercury, Durban, South Africa, October 21, 2005"

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