Gary Ford
Years in prison:
15
Year of crime:
1996
Year conviction was overturned:
2011
Gary Ford was convicted of robbery and burglary. On appeal, it was found that evidence had been obtained from unlawful use of a “supergrass”, Karl Chapman, who was alleged to have been his accomplice and was offered improper inducements and rewards. The convictions were quashed.
< Back to Case Search < Back to Overview Graph- Offence: Robbery / burglary
- Jurisdiction: England & Wales
- County: West Yorkshire
- Ethnicity: Unknown
- Gender: M
- Years in prison: 15
- Offence convicted of: Robbery and burglary
- Year of crime: 1996
- Year of initial conviction: 1996
- Year conviction was overturned: 2011
- 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 witness testimony
- Compensation: Yes
- Link to compensation: https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/crime/exclusive-west-yorkshire-police-aps70k-payout-over-supergrass-scandal-1802113
- Crown argued case at CofA: Unknown
- Retrial: Unknown
- Previous appeals: Unknown