Errol Reginald Standeven

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Charge:	Offensive behavior
Sentence:	$600 fine
Years Imprisoned:
Year Crime:	2014
Year Convicted:	2014
Year Cleared:	2015
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	New Zealand
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City of Crime:	Christchurch
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Errol Reginald Standeven was wrongly convicted on September 26, 2014 of offensive behavior for taking photographs of women in Christchurch, New Zealand's Hagley Park. On August 7, 2014 a man called the police to report a man was taking photographs of women in the park. Standeven refused to talk with the police, but they confiscated his digital camera and found it contained 269 photos of clothed women taken in public. Charged with the misdemeanor of offensive behavior, the prosecution's case before two Justice of the Peace was based on the argument that the sheer number of photos Standeven took was offensive. Standeven testified in his defense that photography was his hobby. Although it is not illegal in New Zealand to photograph a person in a public place, and no person photographed had complained, the judges found Standeven guilty and fined him NZL$600. Standeven appealed. On April 15, 2015 Christchurch District Court Judge Jane Farish quashed Standeven's conviction and ordered that there not be a retrial on the basis there was no evidence he committed a crime. Judge Farish ruled that Standeven was at the park to take photographs, he did not hide or disguise himself, and that "The photographs show some fairly poor photography and in no way could they be described as salacious or offensive.""
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Innocence Proved By:	"On April 15, 2015 Christchurch District Court Judge Jane Farish quashed Standeven's conviction and ordered that there not be a retrial on the basis there was no evidence he committed a crime. Judge Farish ruled that Standeven was at the park to take photographs, he did not hide or disguise himself, and that "The photographs show some fairly poor photography and in no way could they be described as salacious or offensive.""
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Errol Standeven has conviction quashed for taking photos of women exercising, By David Clarkson (Staff), April 16, 2015"
Information Location 1:	http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/67796226/errol-standeven-has-conviction-quashed-for-taking-photos-of-women-exercising
Information Source 2:	"Fine for photos of women, children using Hagley Park, By David Clarkson, Christchurch Court News, September 26, 2014"
Information Location 2:	http://courtnews.co.nz/2014/09/26/fine-for-photos-in-hagley-park/#axzz3XWQA5HNq
Information Source 3:	"Convicted for doing nothing illegal, by Whaleoil Staff, www.whaleoil.co.nz, September 27, 2014"
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Errol Reginald Standeven

Charge:

Offensive behavior

Sentence:

$600 fine

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2014

Year Convicted:

2014

Year Cleared:

2015

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

New Zealand

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Christchurch

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Errol Standeven has conviction quashed for taking photos of women exercising, By David Clarkson (Staff), April 16, 2015"

Information Location 1:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/67796226/errol-standeven-has-conviction-quashed-for-taking-photos-of-women-exercising

Information Source 2:

"Fine for photos of women, children using Hagley Park, By David Clarkson, Christchurch Court News, September 26, 2014"

Information Location 2:

http://courtnews.co.nz/2014/09/26/fine-for-photos-in-hagley-park/#axzz3XWQA5HNq

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"Convicted for doing nothing illegal, by Whaleoil Staff, www.whaleoil.co.nz, September 27, 2014"

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