Roger Beardmore
Years in prison:
3.75
Year of crime:
1990
Year conviction was overturned:
2001
Roger Beardmore was convicted of rape. The victim testified at trial that between the ages of three and six, she had been raped several times while visiting the farm Beardmore lived at. On appeal, the victim confessed to having fabricated her accusation. She expressed a wish to right a wrong which had been keeping her awake crying at night. As a result, there was no material on which to uphold the conviction, and the conviction was quashed.
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- Jurisdiction: England & Wales
- County: Staffordshire
- Ethnicity: White
- Gender: M
- Years in prison: 3.75
- Offence convicted of: Rape
- Year of crime: 1990
- Year of initial conviction: 1998
- Year conviction was overturned: 2001
- Age when imprisoned: 34
- CCRC Referral: N
- Tried with others: N
- Link to full case: Not available
- 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