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Wrongly
Convicted Database
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Years
Imprisoned:
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7 |
Charge: |
Child Abuse (Conspiracy to commit rape and indecent liberties) |
Sentence: |
8 yrs |
Year Convicted: |
1996 |
Year
Cleared:
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2003 |
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
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One of the three men known as the 'Abuse Gang,' convicted of conspiracy to commit rape and indecent assault on girls who at the time of the 1996 trial in Kent were aged 11 to 14. Convictions of the three men quashed by the U.K.'s Court of Appeal on November 28, 2003. |
Conviction
Caused By:
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False accusation and testimony by a girl who didn't like the three men. |
Innocence
Proved By:
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Court of Appeals quashed driving related convictions on November 28, 2003 after referral by the Criminal Cases Review Commission
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Age
When Imprisoned:
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42 |
Age
When Released:
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49 |
Information Source 1: |
Abuse Gang' Convictions Quashed, BBC News, 11-28-03 |
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Comments About Case: |
Falsely confessed |
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