Mohammed Shahzad

Year of crime:
1989
Year conviction was overturned:
2007

The CCRC referred the conviction in September 2005. The Court of Appeal quashed the conviction in January 2007.

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  • Offence: Drugs offences
  • Jurisdiction: England & Wales
  • County: Greater London 
  • Ethnicity: Asian
  • Gender: M
  • Year of crime: 1989
  • Year of initial conviction: 1991
  • Year conviction was overturned: 2007
  • Tried with others: Y
  • Link to full case: https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Crim/2007/307.html
  • Crown argued case at CofA: No
  • Retrial: No
  • Previous appeals: Two appeals to the Court of Appeal and the House of Lords, both of which were dismissed. One application to the European Court of Human Rights which was declared inadmissible.