| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2002] All ER (D) 122 (Dec) |
| Neutral Citation: | [2002] EWCA Crim 2784 |
| Court: | Court of Appeal, Criminal Division |
| Judge: | Mance LJ, Douglas Brown and Mitchell JJ |
| Representation | Christopher Wilson-Smith and Jason Taylor (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for the defendant. |
| Susan Evans (instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service) for the Crown. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 10 December 2002 |
Catchwords
Appeal - Grounds - Unsafe conviction - Complainant's family approaching media during trial - Safety of conviction.
The Case
In the circumstances of the instant case, a conviction for rape was not rendered unsafe by the fact that the defendant's legal advisors had not been informed of the complainant's and her family's contacts with a newspaper and their willingness to waive publicity.
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