Leon Benjamin Forde
Years in prison:
1.5
Year of crime:
2002
Year conviction was overturned:
2006
Leon Forde was convicted of the rape of a 13 year old girl. The girl accused Forde of the rape, claiming he also bit down on her neck like a vampire when he attacked her. On appeal, evidence from a computer diary was presented, in which the girl wrote about the rape claim and how she had “made it all up.” This led to the conviciton being quashed.
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- Jurisdiction: England & Wales
- County: Unknown
- Ethnicity: Unknown
- Gender: M
- Years in prison: 1.5
- Offence convicted of: Rape
- Year of crime: 2002
- Year of initial conviction: 2004
- Year conviction was overturned: 2006
- Affirmative evidence of innocence: Y
- 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: Unknown
- Previous appeals: Unknown