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Patrick Zengeya

 

Charge:

"Fraud (passing bad checks, documents, casino, bankrupcy, etc.)"

Sentence:

9 months

Years Imprisoned:

0.75

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

2001

Year Cleared:

2009

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

England

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Patrick Zengeya was wrongly convicted of 2 counts of attempting to obtain services by deception. In 2006 Zengeya submitted an application to the Criminal Case Review Commission (CCRC) for review of his conviction as a miscarriage of justice. Zengeya's cas

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"Conviction quashed by England's Court of Appeal on May 6, 2009."

Defendant Aided By:

"Criminal Case Review Commission (England, Wales, and Northern Ireland)"

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

28

Age When Released:

29

Sex:

Male

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Information Source 1:

"Engineer's wrongful conviction quashed after eight years, Guardian (London, UK), May 7, 2009"

Information Location 1:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/may/07/patrick-zengeya-wrongful-conviction

Information Source 2:

"Patrick Zengeya, Criminal Case Review Commission referred cases database (last viewed Feb. 1, 2014)"

Information Location 2:

http://www.justice.gov.uk/about/criminal-cases-review-commission/case-library/24

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