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Redress after being acquitted

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I don't want to get into the specifics of the Ched Evans case as it is an emotive topics and I don't want to offend anyone. However, without opening an argument about the rights and wrongs of evidence being allowed, etc. it did make me wonder what redress / compensation somebody in Ched Evans' situation would be entitled to.

If I understand correctly he spent two years in prison for a crime he has now been found innocent of and even when he was released he seemed to be hounded out of being able to carry on his career as a footballer by many he felt his time in prison was insufficient punishment. I presume he would have been on tens of thousands a week before the trial, so his loss of earnings must run into the millions. Can he make a claim against the State or even bring a private action against his accuser? In the latter case I am sure it would be a PR disaster and I suspect her resources couldn't come close to his loss of income, so I sure he won't. But does he have a legal right to do so?

Terry.
 
Doug":1j52abvg said:
Might be worth reading this Terry

https://thesecretbarrister.com/2016/10/ ... vans-case/
Click to expand...

Interesting Doug. I guess I should rephrase my post to say "...a crime he has now not been found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of..." instead of "...a crime he has now been found innocent of...". But everyone does say 'innocent until proven guilty'. I believe in Scotland there is a third option of 'unproven', but in English law I thought if you were not guilty you were by definition innocent.

But still I wonder about compensation. As the article you link to points out, the all edged victim never made an accusation she simply said she could not remember what happened, so I guess that answers the question as to whether the all edged victim could be sued.

Terry.
 
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