Stuart Blackledge

Year of crime:

1988

Year conviction was overturned:

1995

Stuart Blackledge was wrongly implicated in the “arms-to-Iraq” affair. His conviction was quashed after the Scott inquiry discovered the government had prior knowledge of the illegal trade and it had been suppressed (Grecian, a co-defendant) told British intelligence about Sadam Hussains “supergun” project several months before the then government had admitted).

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Offence: Other
Jurisdiction: England & Wales
County: Greater London
Ethnicity: White
Gender: M
Offence convicted of: Breaching trade embargos
Year of crime: 1988
Year of initial conviction: 1992
Year conviction was overturned: 1995
CCRC Referral: N
Tried with others: Y
Link to full case: Not available
Crown argued case at CofA: Yes
Retrial: No
Previous appeals: Application to stay proceedings as an abuse of process before the trial judge was refused.