Paltry payout for five long years in prison
An Aboriginal man has been awarded what equates to $77 per day for spending nearly five years in custody for a conviction that was overturned.
The Supreme Court of Queensland handed down its decision in Irving v Pfingst (No 2), awarding Terry Irving a total of $130,000 in damages for a malicious prosecution that began in 1993.
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