‘The issue raised on this appeal against conviction, for which this court has granted leave, relates entirely to the adequacy of the summing-up. It is the contention of the appellant that the summing-up gave wholly inadequate and indeed incorrect directions on the law, including a failure to direct the jury correctly on the issue of standard of proof; was unstructured and unfocused; and, furthermore, was unbalanced and one-sided to the point of ostensible bias such that the defence case was unfairly disparaged and belittled so as irremediably to prejudice the defence case. It therefore is said overall that the summing-up was so deficient as to give rise to a conviction that is unsafe.’
Judges:
Davis LJ, McGowan DBE J, Patrick Field QC HHJ
Citations:
[2018] EWCA Crim 563
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Crime
Updated: 19 October 2022; Ref: scu.624037