Ellish Enright
Years in prison:
7
Year of crime:
Unknown
Year conviction was overturned:
2002
Ellish Enright was convicted of sexual abuse of her children. While living with her second husband, police arrived to arrest him on a charge of sexually abusing two children from her first marriage. She was later arrested too. Two of her children gave evidence against her. On appeal, the two children told how they had been pressurised by the police and social workers, and the conviction was quashed.
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- Jurisdiction: England & Wales
- County: Unknown
- Ethnicity: Unknown
- Gender: F
- Years in prison: 7
- Offence convicted of: Child molestation
- Year of crime: Unknown
- Year of initial conviction: 1991
- Year conviction was overturned: 2002
- Age when imprisoned: Unknown
- CCRC Referral: N
- Tried with others: N
- Link to full case: Not available
- Type of fresh evidence at appeal: Evidence relating to the reliability of complainant testimony
- Compensation: Unknown
- Crown argued case at CofA: Unknown
- Retrial: Unknown
- Previous appeals: Unknown