James Watchorn

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Charge:	"Theft (including swindling/fraud, deception and grand larceny)"
Sentence:	2-1/2 years
Years Imprisoned:	0.1
Year Crime:	2012
Year Convicted:	2014
Year Cleared:	2014
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	New Zealand
County or Region of Crime:	Taranaki
City of Crime:	New Plymouth
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"James Watchorn was wrongly convicted in 2014 of stealing company secrets in 2012 from the oil company he worked for in New Zealand. Watchorn was sentenced to 2-1/2 years in prison. Watchorn was released on bail in July 2014 after serving 5 weeks in prison. In October 2014 New Zealand's Court of Appeal quashed Watchorn's convictions and did not order a retrial. The appeals court ruled that the computer data Watchorn allegedly stole was not "property" under the law and therefore he couldn't have violated the law."
Conviction Caused By:	Watchorn was improperly charged with stealing property that wasn’t' property under the law.
Innocence Proved By:	"In October 2014 New Zealand's Court of Appeal quashed Watchorn's convictions and did not order a retrial. The appeals court ruled that the computer data Watchorn allegedly stole was not "property" under the law and therefore he couldn't have violated the law."
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Age When Imprisoned:	42
Age When Released:	42
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"TAG Oil secret stealing conviction quashed, By Michele Ong, www.stuff.co.nz, October 7, 2014"
Information Location 1:	http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/10589294/TAG-Oil-secret-stealing-conviction-quashed
Information Source 2:	"Jailed engineer's convictions quashed, By New Zealand News Service, www.tvnz.co.nz, October 08, 2014"
Information Location 2:	http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/jailed-engineer-s-convictions-quashed-6101269
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James Watchorn

Charge:

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

Sentence:

2-1/2 years

Years Imprisoned:

0.1

Year Crime:

2012

Year Convicted:

2014

Year Cleared:

2014

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

New Zealand

County or Region of Crime:

Taranaki

City of Crime:

New Plymouth

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Watchorn was improperly charged with stealing property that wasn’t' property under the law.

Innocence Proved By:

"In October 2014 New Zealand's Court of Appeal quashed Watchorn's convictions and did not order a retrial. The appeals court ruled that the computer data Watchorn allegedly stole was not "property" under the law and therefore he couldn't have violated the law."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

42

Age When Released:

42

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"TAG Oil secret stealing conviction quashed, By Michele Ong, www.stuff.co.nz, October 7, 2014"

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http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/10589294/TAG-Oil-secret-stealing-conviction-quashed

Information Source 2:

"Jailed engineer's convictions quashed, By New Zealand News Service, www.tvnz.co.nz, October 08, 2014"

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http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/jailed-engineer-s-convictions-quashed-6101269

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