The defendant appealed against conviction of possession of class A drugs with intent to supply. Quantities were found under the driver’s seat of the car he was driving. He said he was unaware of it and had been left there by friends. He said that evidence from surveillance of him should have been disclosed earlier.
Held: The appeal failed. On the basis of his defence statement, the prosecution argued that disclosure would not have helped the defence. That was correct. Text messages had properly been admitted even if only disclosed late. The prosecution case had been strong, and the defence fanciful.
Stanley Burnton LJ, Maddison J, Recorder of Preston
[2012] EWCA Crim 1187
Bailii
England and Wales
Crime
Updated: 31 October 2021; Ref: scu.459869