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Wrongly
Convicted Database
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Charge: |
Assault |
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Year
Cleared:
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2007 |
Location
of Trial:
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Australia |
Result:
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Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary
of Case:
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"Wrongly convicted of assaulting a former girlfriend in December 2006. Steven Chaytor claimed he pushed her away from a bottle of pills she was trying to grab, in order to prevent the frantic woman from attempting to commit suicide.Chaytor's conviction was quashed on appeal in July 2007 based on insufficient evidence he committed a crime." |
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Age
When Released:
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31 |
Information Source 1: |
"Australian judge overturns assault conviction that ended young politician's career, By Geoffrey Spencer, AHN, July 30, 2007" |
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Ethnicity/Skin:
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White |
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Innocents Database Created and Maintained by Hans Sherrer innocents@forejustice.org