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Wrongly
Convicted Database
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Years
Imprisoned:
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4 |
Charge: |
Murder |
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Year Convicted: |
1977 |
Year
Cleared:
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2002 |
Location
of Trial:
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United Kingdom |
Result:
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Judicially Exonerated (either after completion of sentence or while released on appeal) |
Summary
of Case:
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Codefendant of Bob Maynard, Reg Dudley and Kathleen Dudley. Served four years in prison after being wrongly convicted of being involved in the murder of Micky Cornwall. Died before being posthumously cleared on July 16, 2002. |
Conviction
Caused By:
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Police fabricated confessions allegedly made by Reg Dudley and Bob Maynard, and in exchange for a lighter sentence, a jailhouse snitch fabricated an alleged confession by the two men to the two murders. |
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Information Source 1: |
"Torso Murder Convictions Quashed," Vikram Dodd, Guardian Unlimited, London, July 17, 2002" |
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Comments About Case: |
Falsely confessed |
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