The court considered an appeal where the jury had been invited to draw an inference from the defendant’s silence at interview that the defendant ‘had not had a chance to prepare his story’ as being its equivalent.
Held: The court accepted the inference as proper in the circumstances.
Citations:
[2003] EWCA Crim 1767
Links:
Statutes:
Criminal Justice nd Public Order Act 1994 34
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Petkar and Farquar, Regina v CACD 16-Oct-2003
The defendants appealed their convictions and sentence for theft. Whilst employed by a bank thay had arranged for transfers to their own account. Each blamed the other. They appealed on the basis that the direction on their silence at interview was . .
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Criminal Practice
Updated: 20 December 2022; Ref: scu.184269
