Mr CC

Mr CC was convicted in December 2000 of indecent assault and rape and was sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment.

The CCRC received an application for review of the conviction in November 2006.

Following review, the CCRC concluded that new evidence gave rise to a real doubt that one of the complainant’s in the case, the niece of Mr CC, was a credible witness.

Subsequent to Mr CC’s trial, it was discovered that this complainant had also made allegations of sexual offences against her brother, fiancé, stepfather and a customer at her workplace. She had also admitted to police that she had accused her stepfather because she did not like him.

She was subsequently cautioned for wasting police time.

The complainant’s other allegations were not pursued due to a lack of corroborating evidence and the concerns of the Crown Prosecution Service around the reliability of the her evidence.

The CCRC considered that this new information undermined the reliability of the evidence in the case against Mr CC.

The CCRC referred the conviction in June 2007.

The Court of Appeal quashed the conviction in October 2007.