Richard Alan Watkins

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Charge:	Rape
Sentence:	Exonerated After Conviction But Prior to Sentencing
Years Imprisoned:
Year Crime:	2007
Year Convicted:	2010
Year Cleared:	2010
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	United Kingdom
County or Region of Crime:	England
City of Crime:	Middlesbrough
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Richard Alan Watkins was wrongly convicted on July 2, 2010, of raping a 17-year-old boy during a Christmas party in December 2007. Watkins' co-defendant was acquitted of committing the rape, while the jury convicted Watkins of having 'aided and abetted' him as part of a "joint enterprise." The defense of Watkins' co-defendant was the sex was consensual and the jury agreed. The trial judge granted Watkins bail while appealing his conviction. In September 2010 Watkins' conviction was quashed on the basis that the there was no "sensible explanation" for how the jury could have committed him of aiding and abetting a rape that never happened. Because he was granted bail after his conviction, Watkins didn't serve any time in jail."
Conviction Caused By:	Jury erred by convicting Watkins of aiding and abetting a rape that never happened.
Innocence Proved By:	"In September 2010 Watkins' conviction was quashed on the basis that the there was no "sensible explanation" for how the jury could have committed him of aiding and abetting a rape that never happened. "
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Age When Imprisoned:	29
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Middlesbrough man's rape conviction quashed, By Ian McNeal (staff), Evening Gazette, September 24, 2010"
Information Location 1:	http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/2010/09/24/middlesbrough-man-s-rape-conviction-quashed-84229-27334017/
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Richard Alan Watkins

Charge:

Rape

Sentence:

Exonerated After Conviction But Prior to Sentencing

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2007

Year Convicted:

2010

Year Cleared:

2010

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

England

City of Crime:

Middlesbrough

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Jury erred by convicting Watkins of aiding and abetting a rape that never happened.

Innocence Proved By:

"In September 2010 Watkins' conviction was quashed on the basis that the there was no "sensible explanation" for how the jury could have committed him of aiding and abetting a rape that never happened. "

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

29

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Middlesbrough man's rape conviction quashed, By Ian McNeal (staff), Evening Gazette, September 24, 2010"

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http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/2010/09/24/middlesbrough-man-s-rape-conviction-quashed-84229-27334017/

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