Geoffrey Monks
Years in prison:
.2
Year conviction was overturned:
2015
Mr Monks was convicted of food safety offences. He was fined and ordered to pay costs, with four months imprisonment in default. He ended up going to prison for two months when he couldn’t pay the costs. His conviction was overturned when related charged were stayed as an abuse of process and new evidence cast doubt on the credibility of evidence of a prosecution witness.
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- Jurisdiction: England & Wales
- County: Northamptonshire
- Ethnicity: White
- Gender: M
- Years in prison: .2
- Offence convicted of: Food safety offences
- Year of initial conviction: 1999
- Year conviction was overturned: 2015
- CCRC Referral: Y
- Post Office Case: N
- Compensation: Settlement
- Link to compensation: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10378257/Publican-Geoffrey-Monks-settles-4m-Northampton-council-wrongful-imprisonment.html
- Retrial: N