Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Inflicting Grievous Bodily Harm |
Sentence: |
"$2,000 fine" |
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Year Crime: |
2005 |
Year Convicted: |
2005 |
Year Cleared: |
2006 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Bermuda |
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Judicially Exonerated |
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"Robert Trew was wrongly convicted of grievously assaulting another taxi driver in February 2005. He was fined $2,000. He filed an appeal based on his contention that he acted in self-defense against the actions of the cab driver. On December 18, 2006, Robert Trew's conviction was quashed by Bermuda's Court of Appeal because he acted in self-defense." |
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Conviction quashed in the Court of Appeal because he acted in self-defense. |
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"Cabbie's GBH conviction quashed, By Sam Strangeways, The Royal Gazette (Bermuda), December 27, 2006" |
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http://www.theroyalgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061227/NEWS/112270063 |
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