The defendant appealed against her conviction for murder, based upon her own informal confessions to third parties.
Held: The appeal was dismissed. There were proper reasons choices made at trial about what evidence should be put forward, and what challenged, and: ‘the new expert evidence, whilst it adds detail and some fresh assessment to the expert evidence available at trial, would in the end not assist the defendant in contesting this charge and that it would not have been in her best interests to adduce it, nor would it be now. In those circumstances it is not either necessary or expedient in the interests of justice to admit the evidence.’
Judges:
Hughes LJ VP, Mackay J, lloyd Jones J
Citations:
[2010] EWCA Crim 914
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
Cited – Erskine, Regina v; Regina v Williams CACD 14-Jul-2009
The defendants had been separately convicted of murder several years ago. They sought the quashing of the convictions and substitution of convictions for manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.
Held: The appeal of Erskine . .
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Crime
Updated: 18 August 2022; Ref: scu.414597