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Stefan Kiszko (1951-1993), a tax clerk, was the subject of a famous miscarriage of justice in the United Kingdom. He was convicted of the sexual assault and murder of 11-year old Lesley Molseed in 1976, after confessing to the crime after two days of questioning. At his trial, he denied his confession, claiming that it been obtained through bullying. However, he was not believed by the court. An appeal in 1978 also failed.
He spent 16 years in prison before he was released in 1992, after a long campaign by his mother to prove his innocence. His innocence was eventually demonstrated conclusively through medical evidence; he had XYY syndrome, which rendered him infertile, in contradiction to forensic evidence obtained at the time of the murder.
He died of a heart attack the following year at the age of 44. His mother died six months later. Although recent scientific advances have subsequently obtained a DNA profile of Lesley Molseed's attacker, the real killer has never been found.
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