The applicant renewed his application for leave to appeal out of time against his conviction for murder. He was variously represented by different firms of solicitors and unrepresented, which accounted for some delay. He claimed to have returned the first form in time, but it was never recorded at the court as received.
Held: Even treating the first notice as having been received, the subsequent additional delay would have led the appeal to be treated as abandoned. Even so, examining the grounds of the appeal there were insufficient merits disclosed to justify exercise of any discretion. Leave refused.
Lord Justice Mance Mr Justice Mackay The Recorder Of Birmingham
1996/4184/X4, [2003] EWCA Crim 1843
Bailii
England and Wales
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