The appellant had been the victim of long term abuse and rapes by her husband. She complained of rape. She withdrew her complaint and her statement and was then prosecuted and convicted of doing acts tending to pervert the course of justice. Under later guidance from CPS she would not have been prosecuted.
Held: The appeal failed. Guidance issued later could not make an earlier proseuction an abuse of process.
Judges:
Igor Judge, Baron Judge LCJ, Silber, Maddison JJ
Citations:
[2012] EWCA Crim 434, [2012] 2 Cr App R 8, [2012] WLR(D) 76
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Golding, Regina v CACD 8-May-2014
The defendant appealed against his conviction on a guilty plea, of inflicting grievous bodily harm under section 20. He suffered genital herpes, but had unprotected sex and acknowledged acting recklessly. He said that the prosecution had failed to . .
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Crime
Updated: 05 October 2022; Ref: scu.451909