Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Insurance Fraud |
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2005 |
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Canada |
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Manitoba |
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Judicially Exonerated |
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"Audrey Wilks was wrongly convicted of insurance fraud for allegedly exaggerating injuries she suffered in a car accident in Manitoba, Canada. Wilks was acquitted by the Manitoba Court of Appeals on February 21, 1995 because their was insufficient evidence of her guilt since the prosecution's key witness had no independent recollections of his conversations with Wilks the jury relied on to convict her." |
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"Wilks was acquitted by the Manitoba Court of Appeals on February 21, 1995 because their was insufficient evidence of her guilt since the prosecution's key witness had no independent recollections of his conversations with Wilks the jury relied on to convict her." |
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"Insurance fraud conviction overturned, By Winniped news reports, Brandon Sun, September 21, 2005, p. A3" |
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Innocents Database Created and Maintained by Hans Sherrer innocents@forejustice.org