Interfering with potential witnesses, so as to prevent or dissuade them from testifying are acts which amount to perverting the course of Justice.
Citations:
[1973] 1 WLR 1032
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
Confirmed – Regina v Grimes CACD 1968
Judge Kilner Brown confirmed the existence of the crime of attempting to pervert the course of justice: ‘Certain actions such as cheating or behaving obscenely may not be offences in a private connotation, but once the public is involved, either by . .
Cited by:
Cited – Regina v Cotter and Others CACD 10-May-2002
The defendants appealed against convictions for conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. They said that the fact that an investigation followed a false allegation was insufficient to found a complaint, and that the extent of the crime was so . .
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Crime
Updated: 10 July 2022; Ref: scu.383658
