Darren William Venn

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Charge:	Assault (Including Battery)
Sentence:	9 month suspended jail term
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Year Crime:	2006
Year Convicted:	2006
Year Cleared:	2007
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	United Kingdom
County or Region of Crime:	England
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	Darren William Venn was wrongly convicted in August 2006 of causing grievous bodily harm in April 2006 to an 18-year-old prisoner at the jail where he was a guard. Venn claimed he acted in self-defense when the prisoner became violent. In May 2007 the Court of Appeal quashed Venn's conviction on the basis that the trial judge erred by not dismissing the charges at the conclusion of the government's case because they had presented insufficient evidence to legally support a conviction.
Conviction Caused By:	Trial judge erred by failing to dismiss the charges after the prosecution concluded its case.
Innocence Proved By:	In May 2007 the Court of Appeal quashed Venn's conviction.
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Age When Released:	32
Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"Jury decision is quashed, Western Mail, May 18, 2007"
Information Location 1:	http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200wales/tm_headline=jury-decision-is-quashed%26method=full%26objectid=19125107%26siteid=50082-name_page.html
Information Source 2:	"Special PC's conviction quashed, By Maria Williams, South Wales Argus, May 18, 2007"
Information Location 2:	http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/mostpopular.var.1408248.mostviewed.special_pcs_conviction_quashed.php
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Darren William Venn

Charge:

Assault (Including Battery)

Sentence:

9 month suspended jail term

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2006

Year Convicted:

2006

Year Cleared:

2007

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

England

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Trial judge erred by failing to dismiss the charges after the prosecution concluded its case.

Innocence Proved By:

In May 2007 the Court of Appeal quashed Venn's conviction.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

32

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Information Source 1:

"Jury decision is quashed, Western Mail, May 18, 2007"

Information Location 1:

http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200wales/tm_headline=jury-decision-is-quashed%26method=full%26objectid=19125107%26siteid=50082-name_page.html

Information Source 2:

"Special PC's conviction quashed, By Maria Williams, South Wales Argus, May 18, 2007"

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http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/mostpopular.var.1408248.mostviewed.special_pcs_conviction_quashed.php

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