The defendant agirl in her mid teens, appealed against her conviction for carrying a false identity card.
Held: The appeal was not opposed. The United Kingdom having signed the Convention on Action against People Trafficking was bound to implement its provisions by virtue of article 18 of the Vienna Convention. It is incumbent on those undertaking prosecutions which may be affected by duties under such a convention to apply provisions as necessary. The defendant was herself a victim of trafficking. In this case also the defendant’s lawyers had material which should have been brought to the attention of the court. The circumstances here were shameful.
Lord Justice Laws, Mr Justice Jack and Sir Charles Gray
[2008] EWCA Crim 2835
Bailii, Times
Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (Council of Europe Treaty Series 197, Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties 18
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – LM and Others v Regina; Regina v M(L), B(M) and G(D) CACD 21-Oct-2010
Each defendant appealed saying that being themselves the victims of people trafficking, the prosecutions had failed to take into account its obligations under the Convention.
Held: Prosecutors had ‘a three-stage exercise of judgment. The first . .
Cited – N, Regina v CACD 20-Feb-2012
n_r1CACD2012
The court considered the offence of child trafficking. The defendants had been the victims of such offences and used for managing cannabis production. It was argued that neither defendant should have been prosecuted.
Held: The appeals failed. . .
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Updated: 03 August 2021; Ref: scu.278953