The defence should be told of convictions of police officers and misconduct findings, but requests for such information must be realistic as to the limits to the practicality of providing complete answers. The court referred to ‘a fairly consistent approach by the Court of Appeal in cases where police officers from a particular squad or force have been proved to misconducted themselves. If one of these officers has given incriminating evidence, then the conviction has frequently been quashed whether or not that evidence appears to be supported by other officers whose credibility has not been impugned in the same way.’
Judges:
Judge LJ
Citations:
Times 09-Mar-1998, Gazette 16-Apr-1998, [1998] EWCA Crim 604, [1998] EWCA Crim 719
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Deans, Regina v CACD 30-Jul-2004
In 1989 the defendant was convicted of assorted serious drugs crimes. His case came before the court once more but on the basis that the evidence against him had been fabricated by police officers who had subsequently been discredited.
Held: . .
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Criminal Practice
Updated: 11 October 2022; Ref: scu.153593
