A probation officer, acting in the preparation of a pre-sentence report, was acting as part of the investigating process, and where he came upon information contradicting a psychiatric report to be given to the court, he was free to refer to that information in his own report. He was not limited to items listed in the National Standards for such reports, and a case was properly remitted to the Crown Court for sentence on the basis of his report.
Citations:
Times 21-Jul-1999
Criminal Practice
Updated: 09 April 2022; Ref: scu.85471