Leon Benjamin Forde

Years in prison:

1.5

Year of crime:

2002

Year conviction was overturned:

2006

Leon Forde was convicted of the rape of a 13 year old girl. The girl accused Forde of the rape, claiming he also bit down on her neck like a vampire when he attacked her. On appeal, evidence from a computer diary was presented, in which the girl wrote about the rape claim and how she had “made it all up.” This led to the conviciton being quashed.

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Offence: Sexual offences
Jurisdiction: England & Wales
County: Unknown
Ethnicity: Unknown
Gender: M
Years in prison: 1.5
Offence convicted of: Rape, indecent assault, sexual intercourse with a girl under the age of 13 and assault occasioning actual bodily harm
Year of crime: 2002
Year of initial conviction: 2004
Year conviction was overturned: 2006
Affirmative evidence of innocence: Y
Age when imprisoned: 20
CCRC Referral: N
Tried with others: N
Link to full case: Available on Westlaw: https://uk.westlaw.com/Document/I1F3C4740453C11DB8AE39BD478DB69E4/View/FullText.html?originationContext=document&transitionType=SearchItem&contextData=%28sc.Search%29&navigationPath=Search%2Fv1%2Fresults%2Fnavigation%2Fi0ad73aa6000001764c35d175a491be67&listSource=Search&listPageSource=59b99b1c1f7273c4ea8fb108d5e37dca&list=RESEARCH_COMBINED_WLUK&rank=1&comp=wluk
Type of fresh evidence at appeal: Evidence relating to the reliability of complainant testimony
Compensation: Unknown
Crown argued case at CofA: Unknown
Retrial: No
Previous appeals: Unknown