Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
"Fraud (passing bad checks, documents, casino, bankrupcy, etc.)" |
Sentence: |
9 months |
Years Imprisoned: |
0.75 |
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Year Convicted: |
2001 |
Year Cleared: |
2009 |
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United Kingdom |
County or Region of Crime: |
England |
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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 |
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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)" |
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Was Perpetrator Identified? |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
28 |
Age When Released: |
29 |
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Male |
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Information Source 1: |
"Engineer's wrongful conviction quashed after eight years, Guardian (London, UK), May 7, 2009" |
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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)" |
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http://www.justice.gov.uk/about/criminal-cases-review-commission/case-library/24 |
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