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Pair wrongly imprisoned for 24 years demand compensation
by Sam Tobin at the Supreme Court
Sam Hallam spent seven years in gaol for murder – but was then cleared
TWO men wrongly imprisoned for a total of 24 years took their battle for compensation to Britain’s highest court today.
Victor Nealon spent 17 years in jail — 10 years more than his recommended sentence because he maintained his innocence — for attempted rape before the conviction was quashed in December 2013 after new DNA evidence was found.
Sam Hallam, who was jailed for the murder of Essayas Kassahun in east London in October 2004, was cleared and released after seven years in prison in May 2012.
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