| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2001] All ER (D) 358 (Dec) |
| Court: | Court of Appeal, Criminal Division |
| Judge: | Henry LJ, Douglas Brown and Astill JJ |
| Representation | John Femi-Ola (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for M. |
| Susan Rodham (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for S. | |
| Irena Ray-Crosby (instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service) for the Crown. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 21 December 2001 |
Catchwords
Jury - Verdict - Inconsistent verdicts - Co-defendants charged with rape and attempted rape - Whether inconsistency between verdicts - Whether verdicts consistent with evidence.
The Case
Convictions of two defendants for offences of rape and attempted rape were quashed because the jury's verdicts were inconsistent and could not be reconciled with the evidence.
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