Michael Thorpe

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Charge:	"Theft (including swindling/fraud, deception and grand larceny)"
Sentence:	"£1,000 fine and £1,500 costs "
Years Imprisoned:
Year Crime:	2006
Year Convicted:	2007
Year Cleared:	2015
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	United Kingdom
County or Region of Crime:	England
City of Crime:	Plymouth
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Michael Thorpe was wrongly convicted in 2007 of illegally showing foreign broadcasts of Premier League soccer games in his pub in Plymouth, England without paying the licensing fee. After his conviction following a bench (judge only) trial, Thorpe was sentenced to pay a '£1,000 fine and £1,500 costs. In March 2015 Thrope's conviction was quashed on the basis he didn't violate the law."
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Innocence Proved By:	In March 2015 Thrope's conviction was quashed on the basis he didn't violate the law by showing foreign broadcasts of Premier League soccer games in his pub without paying the licensing fee.
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Former Plymouth landlord cleared of illegal football broadcasts, By Stuart Abel (Staff), The Herald (Plymouth, England), March 31, 2015"
Information Location 1:	http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Plymouth-landlord-cleared-illegal-football/story-26261458-detail/story.html
Information Source 2:	"Former Plymouth Landlord Cleared of Illegal Football Broadcasts, South West News (England), March 31, 2015"
Information Location 2:	http://www.southwestnews.org.uk/news/former-plymouth-landlord-cleared-of-illegal-football-broadcasts
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Michael Thorpe

Charge:

"Theft (including swindling/fraud, deception and grand larceny)"

Sentence:

"£1,000 fine and £1,500 costs "

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2006

Year Convicted:

2007

Year Cleared:

2015

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

England

City of Crime:

Plymouth

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

In March 2015 Thrope's conviction was quashed on the basis he didn't violate the law by showing foreign broadcasts of Premier League soccer games in his pub without paying the licensing fee.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Former Plymouth landlord cleared of illegal football broadcasts, By Stuart Abel (Staff), The Herald (Plymouth, England), March 31, 2015"

Information Location 1:

http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Plymouth-landlord-cleared-illegal-football/story-26261458-detail/story.html

Information Source 2:

"Former Plymouth Landlord Cleared of Illegal Football Broadcasts, South West News (England), March 31, 2015"

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http://www.southwestnews.org.uk/news/former-plymouth-landlord-cleared-of-illegal-football-broadcasts

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