Peter Simpson

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Charge:	Assault - Aggravated (including causing bodily harm)
Sentence:	6 years
Years Imprisoned:	3
Year Crime:	2005
Year Convicted:	2006
Year Cleared:	2009
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	United Kingdom
County or Region of Crime:	Scotland
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Peter Simpson was wrongly convicted in February 2006 of aggravated assault when he bit off part of the ear of a man who attacked him on a bus in Edinburgh in March 2005. Peter Simpson's girl-friend and her daughter were with him on the bus, and he claimed self-defense of both him and them from the man. The jury rejected Peter Simpson's self-defense claim, and after his conviction he was sentenced to six years in prison. On February 27, 2009 the Court of Criminal Court in Edinburgh overturned Simpson's conviction."
Conviction Caused By:	Testimony by the alleged victim.
Innocence Proved By:	"On February 27, 2009 the Court of Criminal Court in Edinburgh overturned Simpson's conviction."
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Age When Imprisoned:	46
Age When Released:	49
Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"Judges overturn conviction of man who bit off part of thug's ear, Edinburgh Evening News, February 27, 2009"
Information Location 1:	http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/breaking-edinburgh-news/Judges-overturn-conviction-of-man.5023077.jp
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Peter Simpson

Charge:

Assault - Aggravated (including causing bodily harm)

Sentence:

6 years

Years Imprisoned:

3

Year Crime:

2005

Year Convicted:

2006

Year Cleared:

2009

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

Scotland

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Testimony by the alleged victim.

Innocence Proved By:

"On February 27, 2009 the Court of Criminal Court in Edinburgh overturned Simpson's conviction."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

46

Age When Released:

49

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Information Source 1:

"Judges overturn conviction of man who bit off part of thug's ear, Edinburgh Evening News, February 27, 2009"

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http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/breaking-edinburgh-news/Judges-overturn-conviction-of-man.5023077.jp

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