The claimant requested that the Crown court state a case. He had been convicted under the 1986 Act after remonstrating with the lady driver of another car. She had locked her doors and remained seated at all time. The court had refused to admit into evidence her previous convictions saying that they were irrelevant. The Court had refused.
Held: Review was refused. The nature of the convictions did not go as to cerdibility, and the convictions had been correctly excluded.
Judges:
Gross LJ, Irwin J
Citations:
[2012] EWHC 338 (Admin)
Links:
Statutes:
Public Order Act 1986, Criminal Justice Act 2003 100(1)
Citing:
Cited – Renda, Regina v; Regina v Ball; Regina v Akram etc CACD 10-Nov-2005
Each defendant had been convicted after admission of bad character evidence against them under the 2003 Act.
Held: The admission of such evidence was a matter of discretion for the trial judge. The exercise of such discretion will only rarely . .
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Road Traffic, Criminal Evidence
Updated: 07 October 2022; Ref: scu.452680
