Khalid Latif

Year of crime:
1989-1990
Year conviction was overturned:
2007

Mohammed Khalid Shahzad and Mohammed Latif were convicted in 1991 for attempting to import 19.8kg of heroin into the UK. Shahzad and Latif were recorded in incriminating conversations in a London hotel, where they were arrested after receiving dummied-up drugs. They were sentenced to 20 and 16 years, respectively. At the Court of Appeal, the convictions were overturned on the basis of non-disclosure of material.

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  • Offence: Drugs offences
  • Jurisdiction: England & Wales
  • County: Asian  Greater London 
  • Gender: M
  • Year of crime: 1989-1990
  • Year of initial conviction: 1991
  • Year conviction was overturned: 2007
  • CCRC Referral: Y
  • Post Office Case: N
  • Tried with others: Y
  • Link to full case: https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Crim/2007/307.html
  • Crown argued case at CofA: N
  • Retrial: N
  • Previous appeals: Two appeals to the Court of Appeal and the House of Lords, both of which were dismissed. One application to the European Court of Human Rights which was declared inadmissible.