James Boyle
Years in prison:
5
Year of crime:
1970-1976
Year conviction was overturned:
2009
James Boyle was convicted of the rapes of three children, based on their testimony. On appeal, the conviction was quashed on the basis that the trial judge had insinuated that witnesses could corroborate the truthfulness of their own testimony. During a retrial, one of the claimants admitted they had planned to ruin his life and career and the credibility of witnesses was undermined by inconsistencies and contradictions with earlier testimony.
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- Jurisdiction: Scotland
- County: Lanarkshire
- Ethnicity: White
- Gender: M
- Years in prison: 5
- Offence convicted of: Multiple Rapes
- Year of crime: 1970-1976
- Year of initial conviction: 2005
- Year conviction was overturned: 2009
- Age when imprisoned: Unknown
- 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: Yes
- Previous appeals: Unknown