Waqar Ahmed

Years in prison:
2
Year of crime:
2005
Year conviction was overturned:
2008

Afzal and Azhil Khan and Waqar Ahmed were convicted of the murder of Isaiah Young-Sam primarily based on confessions. It was discovered that a secret recording of one of the men encouraging the other to confess had not been disclosed to the defence. As a result, the evidnece had been misused and the conviction was unsafe. A retrial was ordered in which the men were found to be not guilty.

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  • Offence: Murder
  • Jurisdiction: England & Wales
  • County: West Midlands 
  • Ethnicity: Asian
  • Gender: M
  • Years in prison: 2
  • Offence convicted of: Murder
  • Year of crime: 2005
  • Year of initial conviction: 2006
  • Year conviction was overturned: 2008
  • Age when imprisoned: 26
  • CCRC Referral: N
  • Tried with others: Y
  • Link to full case: Not available
  • Type of fresh evidence at appeal: Evidence undermining the reliability of a confession
  • Compensation: Unknown
  • Crown argued case at CofA: Unknown
  • Retrial: Yes
  • Previous appeals: Unknown