Until Proven Innocent

Until Proven Innocent

87 mins | Drama, Crime, Documentary, TV Movie | Feb. 8, 2009

In 1993 David Dougherty was found guilty and imprisoned for the abduction and rape of his 11 year old neighbor. It took two trials, two high court appeals, a petition to the Governor General and 3 years, 6 months and 1 week in prison before David finally won his freedom and was found not guilty of the crime he didn't commit. But it wouldn't have happened without the unrelenting efforts of three individuals - a journalist, a lawyer and a scientist - who put their own personal and professional lives on the line in order to prove that David Dougherty was innocent.

Until Proven Innocent

87 mins | Drama, Crime, Documentary, TV Movie | Feb. 8, 2009

Until Proven Innocent
In 1993 David Dougherty was found guilty and imprisoned for the abduction and rape of his 11 year old neighbor. It took two trials, two high court appeals, a petition to the Governor General and 3 years, 6 months and 1 week in prison before David finally won his freedom and was found not guilty of the crime he didn't commit. But it wouldn't have happened without the unrelenting efforts of three individuals - a journalist, a lawyer and a scientist - who put their own personal and professional lives on the line in order to prove that David Dougherty was innocent.
Producers Lippy Pictures
Original title Until Proven Innocent
Directors Peter Burger
Writers Paula Boock, Donna Malane

Cast

Peter Elliott

as Murray Gibson

Cohen Holloway

as David Dougherty

Jodie Rimmer

as Donna Chisholm

Miranda Harcourt

as Dr Patricia Sullivan

Tim Spite

as Ari Geursen

Adele Chapman

as Clerk of Court Second Trial

Vanessa Stacey

as Forewoman Second Trial