George Steen

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Charge:	Indecent Images (Making and importing child images)
Sentence:	2 years community service
Years Imprisoned:
Year Crime:	2010
Year Convicted:	2013
Year Cleared:	2014
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	United Kingdom
County or Region of Crime:	England
City of Crime:	London
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"George Steen was wrongly convicted in January 2013 of nine counts of making and one count of importing indecent images of children under 18 when his computer was searched in July 2010 by customs at London's Heathrow Airport when he returned to England from a vacation in Thailand. Steen's defense was he had no interest in children, and he thought the images were of young adults who were 19 or 20. After his conviction by a jury Steen was sentenced to serve two years of community service. Steen appealed. 'On June 12, 2014 the England and Wales Court of Appeal quashed George Steen's conviction as unsafe on the basis the juror's were improperly instructed to consider whether the jurors believed the photos brought back on his computer from Thailand were of young adults under 18 -- when the issue was whether Steen believed they were."
Conviction Caused By:	Improper jury instruction that allowed the jury to disregard whether the prosecution introduced evidence Steen had criminal intent.
Innocence Proved By:	"On June 12, 2014 the England and Wales Court of Appeal quashed George Steen's conviction as unsafe on the basis the juror's were improperly instructed to consider whether the jurors believed the photos brought back on his computer from Thailand were of young adults under 18 -- when the issue was whether Steen believed they were."
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Age When Imprisoned:	65
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Judges quash conviction of Darlington man who believed spanking images were of adults, By Staff writer, Darlington and Stockton Times, June 13, 2014"
Information Location 1:	http://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/news/11275921.Judges_quash_conviction_of_Darlington_man_who_believed_spanking_images_were_of_adults/
Information Source 2:	"Darlington businessman George Steen to appeal conviction over child abuse 'spanking' images, By Staff writer, The Northern Echo, March 5, 2014"
Information Location 2:	http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/local/darlington/11052215.Disgraced_businessman_to_appeal_conviction_over_child_abuse__spanking__images/?action=complain&cid=12535446
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George Steen

Charge:

Indecent Images (Making and importing child images)

Sentence:

2 years community service

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2010

Year Convicted:

2013

Year Cleared:

2014

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

England

City of Crime:

London

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Improper jury instruction that allowed the jury to disregard whether the prosecution introduced evidence Steen had criminal intent.

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

65

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Judges quash conviction of Darlington man who believed spanking images were of adults, By Staff writer, Darlington and Stockton Times, June 13, 2014"

Information Location 1:

http://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/news/11275921.Judges_quash_conviction_of_Darlington_man_who_believed_spanking_images_were_of_adults/

Information Source 2:

"Darlington businessman George Steen to appeal conviction over child abuse 'spanking' images, By Staff writer, The Northern Echo, March 5, 2014"

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http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/local/darlington/11052215.Disgraced_businessman_to_appeal_conviction_over_child_abuse__spanking__images/?action=complain&cid=12535446

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