The defendant appealed his convictions for sexual assault, saying that details of his previous convictions should not have been admitted under the 2003 Act.
Held: The appeal succeeded. Where there was a risk of evidence of previous complaint being contaminated through collusion, the court should make that assessment first before then considering whether to admit it.
Judges:
Sir Igor Judge P, Mackay, Gross JJ
Citations:
Times 24-May-2006, [2006] EWCA Crim 1079, [2006] 1 WLR 2994
Links:
Statutes:
Criminal Justice Act 2003 101(d) 107
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
Cited – Regina v Hanson; Regina v Gilmore; Regina v Pickstone CACD 22-Mar-2005
In each case complaint was made about the way in which the judge had dealt with applications by the Crown to bring in the defendant’s bad character as evidence of his propensity to commit the crime.
Held: The court set out the applicable . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Criminal Practice
Updated: 06 July 2022; Ref: scu.241659