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Doherty v The United Kingdom: ECHR 20 Jun 2013

The applicant had been convicted of murder, being sentenced to life imprisonment. After release on licence, he was accused of indecent assaults on nieces. The licence was revoked in 2000, but then charges relating to the accusations were dropped. He complained that after review his licence was not reinstated, and his application still not heard until March 2005. The allegations were then found proven but the applicant had not tested the complainants’ evidence. The Court of Appeal had found that the tribunal had misdirected itself

76874/11 – Communicated Case, [2013] ECHR 665
Bailii
European Convention on Human Rights
Human Rights

Human Rights

Updated: 15 November 2021; Ref: scu.512227

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