Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2001] All ER (D) 110 (Apr)
Court: Divisional Court
Judge:

Kennedy LJ and Garland J

Representation The claimant appeared in person.
  Kate Lumsdom (instructed by CPS, Newport) for the prosecution.
Judgment Dates: 10 April 2001

Catchwords

Criminal law - Obscene publication - Indecent photographs of children - Possession of indecent photographs - Claimant relying on statutory defence - Court determining that applicant having ordered photographs - Court refusing to state a case - Whether court in error.

The Case

The court refused an application for judicial review of the Crown Court's refusal to state a case, in circumstances where it had upheld an applicant's conviction for possession of indecent photographs contrary to s160 of the .

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