Innocent man spent three months in jail after CCTV blunder cops mistook rose for knife Print E-mail

Aug 28 2010,  Exclusive by Craig McDonald, Daily Record

AN innocent man was thrown in jail for three months - because he was carrying a rose. Cops viewing CCTV thought the single rose Stephen McAleer had in his hand as he walked home was a knife. He was arrested and sent to Barlinnie Jail on remand. And 28-year-old Stephen's prison ordeal only ended when he was cleared at a two-day trial this week. A CCTV expert enhanced the images and testified that the item he was carrying was a rose in a plastic sleeve, which tapers to a knife-like point at the end of the stem.

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