There was an additional burden on a judge in a case involving very old allegations of sexual abuse to use his imprimatur to emphasise to the jury the additional difficulties faced by a defendant and the high burden of proof.
Citations:
Gazette 08-Jul-1998, Times 20-Jul-1998, [1998] EWCA Crim 2012
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Regina v M and Others CACD 2-Sep-1999
Evidence of the proper background to the offence was normally admissible, even if this revealed previous offences by the defendant, and despite the fact that such offences might not be admissible on a similar fact basis. Where the jury could not . .
Cited – Siddall and Brooke, Regina v CACD 15-Jun-2006
The court considered cases referred to it by the Criminal Cases Review Commission. Each related to convictions for sexual assaults on children in care. New material including several untrue allegations by the complainants suggested that the . .
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Criminal Practice
Updated: 11 May 2022; Ref: scu.154886