Our Families Have Been Spat at and Our Homes Attacked During Past Eight Months of Hell ; When Arthur Upchurch and Philip Sawdon Were Wrongly Accused of Trying to Abduct a Child, It Set in Motion an Eight-Month Ordeal That has Left Them Shattered, Reports Aly Walsh.

Derby Evening Telegraph › January 13, 2011

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ARTHUR Upchurch sobbed with relief as he stood unsteadily on the steps of Derby Crown Court, supporting himself with a walking stick.

The 64-year-old grandfather, who has never been convicted of a crime, has spent the past eight months living under the stigma of being accused of being a childsnatcher.

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Our Families Have Been Spat at and Our Homes Attacked During Past Eight Months of Hell ; When Arthur Upchurch and Philip Sawdon Were Wrongly Accused of Trying to Abduct a Child, It Set in Motion an Eight-Month Ordeal That has Left Them Shattered, Reports Aly Walsh.

On the word of an 11-yearold girl, Mr Upchurch and his friend, Philip Sawdon, were arrested after she said they tried to lure her into their car. But the case collapsed in court after just three hours, with a judge saying there was "no way" they could have been involved.

In the mean...

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