The defendant, a minor, appealed against conviction for obstructing a police constable and breach of the peace. He said he was resisting an unlawful search.
Held: The officer’s conduct must be lawful to support such an allegation.
Moses LJ, Blake J
[2008] EWHC 1655 (Admin)
Bailii
Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 2(2)(b)
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – McCann v Crown Prosecution Service Admn 21-Aug-2015
Appeal by case stated against conviction for obstructing a police officer in the execution of his duty. The appellant had been protesting. She, correctly, thought the land to be a rivate highway. The police officer had thought it a public hghway and . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Updated: 23 September 2021; Ref: scu.270901
