Geoffrey Long
Years in prison:
1.5
Year of crime:
1979
Year conviction was overturned:
2012
Geoffrey Long was convicted of sexual assault after his daughter accused him of rape and sexual assault. The only evidence was his daughter’s testimony. On appeal, evidence was introduced to suggest the daughter was lying. Her brother said she had drunkenly confessed the allegations were lies. At appeal, her evidence appeared increasingly weak. Long’s conviction was quashed and retrials failed.
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< Back to Case Search < Back to Overview Graph- Offence: Sexual offences
- Jurisdiction: England & Wales
- County: East Sussex
- Ethnicity: White
- Gender: M
- Years in prison: 1.5
- Offence convicted of: Sexual Assaults
- Year of crime: 1979
- Year of initial conviction: 2010
- Year conviction was overturned: 2012
- Age when imprisoned: 67
- 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: No
- Crown argued case at CofA: Unknown
- Retrial: Yes
- Previous appeals: Unknown