20 December 2011

The Wizengamot has cleared ex-Auror Leo Gamp of all charges and has been released from Azkaban with the court’s apologies.

Gamp through his lawyer Enid Jingleberry requested a review of his 1998 conviction for murder, kidnapping, and treason citing prosecutorial misconduct, in particular that the material evidence presented was fabricated.

Following the decision, Gamp had this to say:

“I am…relieved that the Wizengamot was willing to hear my case a second time, and that they showed the good judgement to reverse what was clearly an unjust verdict thirteen years ago.  But I don’t know that you can call this justice, not after so long.”

Jingleberry added:

“Mr Gamp has lost over a quarter of his life to an Azkaban sentencing he never deserved. Mr Gamp is a father who has cruelly never had the chance to love his son. Nothing will ever change that, but we won’t be letting the Wizengamot off with a mere brush off. This needs to be prevented from happening again.”

Jingeberry cites the testimony of Theodora Kingstreet as the linchpin of the case. Kingstreet was convicted of various charges in 1998, not the least of which was conspiring with Death Eaters and treason. These crimes were determined to have occurred during the time she was the lead prosecutor on the Gamp case.

An anonymous source inside the Wizeganmot told the Daily Prophet that the exoneration of Gamp’s case throws into question every one of Kingstreet’s cases from that time. Time will tell if more petitions for conviction reviews will be coming.