During the prosecution case, the learned Judge was asked to permit representatives of the Crown Prosecution Service to interview a scientist who had carried out DNA tests at the request of the defence solicitors on a blood sample provided by the defendant to his G.P. for that purpose. Leave was granted, and subsequently the learned Judge ruled that the evidence of the scientist, who had been subpoenaed as a witness for the prosecution, was admissible against the defendant.
Held: A sample provided by a defendant through his own lawyer to an expert witness was privileged.
Judges:
Evans LJ
Citations:
Ind Summary 21-Feb-1994, [1995] 1 Crim App R 183, [1994] 1 WLR 758, [1994] EWCA Crim 6
Links:
Statutes:
Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 10(1)(c)
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Criminal Evidence
Updated: 26 October 2022; Ref: scu.661635