Regina v Lewis: CACD 6 Apr 2005

The defendant had been convicted under the 1981 Act. The European Court of Human Rights had found that police officers had infringed his human rights by their entrapment of him into offering them counterfeit currency. He now appealed his conviction.
Held: The finding that his human rights had been infringed did not necessarily make his conviction unsafe. The defendant had pleaded guilty after receiving legal advice, and there was overwhelming evidence independent of that complained of that he had been content to supply counterfeit currency. The conviction was not unsafe.

Citations:

Times 19-May-2005, [2005] EWCA Crim 859

Statutes:

Forgery And Counterfeiting Act 1981 16(1)

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Citing:

CitedEdwards and Lewis v United Kingdom ECHR 27-Oct-2004
E had been convicted of possession of heroin with intent to supply, and L of possession of counterfeit currency. In each case public interest certificates had been obtained to withold evidence from them. The judge had refused requests to exclude . .
CitedJasper v The United Kingdom ECHR 16-Feb-2000
Grand Chamber – The defendants had been convicted after the prosecution had withheld evidence from them and from the judge under public interest immunity certificates. They complained that they had not had fair trials.
Held: The right was . .

Cited by:

CitedDowsett v Criminal Cases Review Commission Admn 8-Jun-2007
The claimant had been convicted in 1993 of involvement in a murder. He had complained that the police had failed to disclose material which would have been of assistance to him. He had requested the Commission to take examine and pursue his appeal. . .
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Crime, Human Rights

Updated: 06 May 2022; Ref: scu.225047