Hassan Khan
Years in prison:
Unknown
Year of crime:
Unknown
Year conviction was overturned:
1990
Hassan Khan was convicted of armed robbery. His conviction was quashed when his confession – said to have been volunteered on a car journey through the city – was deemed implausible.
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< Back to Case Search < Back to Overview Graph- Offence: Robbery / burglary
- Jurisdiction: England & Wales
- County: West Midlands
- Ethnicity: Asian
- Gender: M
- Years in prison: Unknown
- Offence convicted of: Robbery
- Year of crime: Unknown
- Year of initial conviction: 1990
- Year conviction was overturned: 1990
- Age when imprisoned: Unknown
- CCRC Referral: N
- Post Office Case: N
- Tried with others: N
- Link to full case: Not available
- Type of fresh evidence at appeal: Evidence undermining the reliability of a confession
- Compensation: Unknown
- Link to compensation: Yes
- Crown argued case at CofA: https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/jun/01/hassan-khan-miscarriage-police-set-up
- Retrial: Unknown
- Previous appeals: Unknown