Sajid Ali
Years in prison:
2.5
Year of crime:
2008
Year conviction was overturned:
2014
Sajid Ali was convicted of rape of a woman who he met while working as a floor-layer. On appeal, it was revealed that, perhaps as a result of the complainant changing her name, police checks before the trial failed to bring to light the fact that the claimant had made a false allegation of indecent assault five years earlier (the allegation was disproved by CCTV footage). As a result, the conviction was found to be unsafe.
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- Jurisdiction: England & Wales
- County: West Midlands
- Ethnicity: Unknown
- Gender: M
- Years in prison: 2.5
- Offence convicted of: Rape
- Year of crime: 2008
- Year of initial conviction: 2009
- Year conviction was overturned: 2014
- Age when imprisoned: 36
- 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: No
- Previous appeals: Unknown