Christopher-Patrick Walters
Years in prison:
5
Year of crime:
1995
Year conviction was overturned:
2002
Christopher-Patrick Walters was convicted of the rape of a friend of his sisters. On appeal, evidence was introduced to suggest that the alleged victim had not been “out of it” on drink as she claimed and that no evidence supported her assertion that she had been slipped a date rape drug. Press reports suggested pressure on prosecution lawyers to explain how a case based on such flimsy evidence could have come to court.
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< Back to Case Search < Back to Overview Graph- Offence: Sexual offences
- Jurisdiction: England & Wales
- County: Unknown
- Ethnicity: Unknown
- Gender: M
- Years in prison: 5
- Offence convicted of: Rape
- Year of crime: 1995
- Year of initial conviction: 1995
- Year conviction was overturned: 2002
- Age when imprisoned: Unknown
- CCRC Referral: Y
- 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