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Australian Woman Gets $1.6m For Being Wrongly Jailed For 10 Years by Dolypson04(m): 8:15pm On Aug 24, 2015 |
A woman, who was found by a court to have been
wrongly jailed for 10 years for attempting to kill
her husband, was awarded 1.6 million dollars
compensation.
A media report on Monday in Sydney said that
Roseanne Beckett was jailed in 1991 for allegedly
trying to solicit others to kill her husband Barry
Catt as well as trying to poison him.
The report noted that Beckett became the state’s
longest-serving female inmate, before she was
released in 2001, and her case became a cause
célèbre for advocates who saw a miscarriage of
justice.
It said in 2005, the charges were quashed after
new evidence emerged that she had been framed.
It said in her attempt to sue the government’s
public prosecutor for malicious prosecution, she
was asked to prove her innocence.
“A 10-year court battle ended on Monday, 26
years to the days since she was arrested.
Meanwhile, Ian Harrison, Supreme Court Justice
overturned a 91-year-old legal precedent requiring
her to prove her innocence.
The judge ordered the public prosecutor’s office to
pay her compensation for malicious prosecution,
plus her legal costs which she said run into the
millions.
Beckett said outside the court that the public
prosecutor spent millions of dollars trying to
prevent her from suing.
She said “Victory at long last, with tears streaming
down her face as she was cheered by supporters.
$1.6M for 10 years! Justified? |
Re: Australian Woman Gets $1.6m For Being Wrongly Jailed For 10 Years by helpinghands(m): 8:16pm On Aug 24, 2015 |
Re: Australian Woman Gets $1.6m For Being Wrongly Jailed For 10 Years by jamex93(m): 8:18pm On Aug 24, 2015 |
After 10years?? That money too small Over smaall self 1 Like |
Re: Australian Woman Gets $1.6m For Being Wrongly Jailed For 10 Years by Elosky20: 8:19pm On Aug 24, 2015 |
gud |
Re: Australian Woman Gets $1.6m For Being Wrongly Jailed For 10 Years by ammyluv2002(f): 8:20pm On Aug 24, 2015 |
Wow! Too much money but 10 wasted years no be moi-moi |
Re: Australian Woman Gets $1.6m For Being Wrongly Jailed For 10 Years by Dolypson04(m): 9:21pm On Aug 24, 2015 |
She could av made a $100m in a year if not been jailed. |
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