Thursday, August 14, 2008

Wrongly accused Stagg wins £700,000 compensation

Wrongly accused -- not just a Canadian problem!

The man who was wrongly accused of murdering Rachel Nickell in London in 1992 has won £706,000 in compensation.

Ms Nickell, 23, was stabbed 49 times in a frenzied attack on Wimbledon Common in front of her two-year-old son. Colin Stagg, 44, who was cleared of the killing in 1994, said: "What pleases me even more than the money is that this is effectively a public apology." Robert Napper, 41, was charged with the former model's murder in November last year and is awaiting trial.

Full story here:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7559026.stm
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