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BBC Investigation Suggests Police Framed Man in 2005 Murder Case
BBC Panorama found 15 prosecution witnesses pressured to lie and uncovered CCTV and phone records suggesting an alibi that challenges Benguit’s conviction.
- A BBC Panorama investigation has uncovered evidence suggesting that key testimony used to convict Omar Benguit for the 2002 murder of South Korean student Jong-Ok Shin may have conflicted with CCTV footage known to police at the time.
- Thirteen additional prosecution witnesses have told the BBC they were pressured by officers to exaggerate their statements or provide false evidence during the case.
- Dorset Police said its investigation had been thorough and complex but did not directly respond to claims that Benguit, who was convicted in 2005 after two previous hung juries, had been framed.
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Police 'framed innocent man for murder' as witnesses 'pressured into lying by detectives' - The Mirror
Witnesses in the murder of Jong-Ok Shin said the police pressured them to change their statements or lie to implicate Omar Benguit, while key evidence is contradicted by CCTV
Saudi Gazette
AlKhaleej TodayUK police framed man for murder of Korean student, new evidence suggests
Police have been accused of 'framing' Omar Benguit and manufacturing the evidence that has kept him in prison for 23 years for the murder of a South Korean student.
The Sun
The Irish SunBOMBSHELL new evidence suggests a man who has spent 23 years in prison was "framed" by police for the murder of a student. Omar Benguit, was...
UK Police framed man for murder, new evidence suggests
New evidence in the case of a man who has spent 23 years in UK prison for murder suggests he was framed by police, BBC Panorama has found. Police knew the testimony of the main prosecution witness in the trial of Omar Benguit for the murder of South Korean student Jong-Ok Shin was directly contradicted … The post UK Police framed man for murder, new evidence suggests appeared first on Dateline Nigeria.
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