Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Sexual Assault (includes aggravated) |
Sentence: |
6 months |
Years Imprisoned: |
0.4 |
Year Crime: |
2007 |
Year Convicted: |
2007 |
Year Cleared: |
2008 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
United Kingdom |
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Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
Wrongly convicted of two counts of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy. He was sentenced to six months imprisonment. In January 2008 the U.K.'s Court of Appeal quashed Bryan Tong's conviction based on new evidence that the boy lied and actually made the attack up. The 68-year-old Tong was released after serving nearly all of his six month prison sentence. |
Conviction Caused By: |
Perjury by the alleged victim who made-up the alleged assault. |
Innocence Proved By: |
In January 2008 the U.K.'s Court of Appeal quashed Bryan Tong's conviction based on new evidence that the boy lied and actually made the attack up. |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
67 |
Age When Released: |
68 |
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Male |
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"Pensioners sex assault charge quashed, By Simon Drury, Mid-Cheshire Chronicle, January 15, 2008" |
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http://iccheshireonline.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/tm_headline=pensioner-8217-s-sex-assault-charge-quashed&method=full&objectid=20352113&siteid=50020-name_page.html |
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