TWO men found guilty of robbing an injured Malaysian student in an infamous incident caught on camera during the London riots, have had their convictions overturned.
Mobile phone footage of the crime against Ashraf Rossli, now 21, on August 8, 2011 was viewed by millions of people after being posted on YouTube.
Mr Rossli, who had suffered a broken jaw and was bleeding from the face, was seen being helped by two men posing as good samaritans. However, one of the men was seen rifling through the accountancy student's backpack, taking property later valued at more than $700.
In March 2012 John Kafunda and Reece Donovan were sentenced to five years and three-and-a-half years prison respectively for the crime.
However, in London last week convictions against Kafunda, now 23, and Donovan, now 25, were quashed by the Court of Appeal.
The men argued that it was not them in the video footage and appealed their convictions which they claim were based on the statements of anonymous witnesses.
The Crown Prosecution Service said it would not be seeking a retrial.
"Our application for witness anonymity for two witnesses in this trial was allowed by the judge. Without anonymity being given these witnesses would not have given evidence," a service spokesman said in a statement.
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