Mark Paterson
Year of crime:
2002
Year conviction was overturned:
2014
Mark Paterson was convicted of assaulting a woman while working at the University of Aberdeen’s Chaplaincy Centre. On appeal, new evidence was introduced that undermined the testimony of the woman given at trial. It was also discovered that evidence that would have assisted the defence at trial had not been disclosed. As such, it was found that the conviction was unsafe, and it was therefore quashed.
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- Jurisdiction: Scotland
- County: Aberdeenshire
- Ethnicity: White
- Gender: M
- Offence convicted of: Indecent Assault
- Year of crime: 2002
- Year of initial conviction: 2006
- Year conviction was overturned: 2014
- Age when imprisoned: Unknown
- CCRC Referral: Y
- Tried with others: N
- Type of fresh evidence at appeal: Evidence relating to the reliability of complainant testimony
- Compensation: Unknown
- Crown argued case at CofA: Unknown
- Retrial: Unknown
- Previous appeals: Unknown