Source:	All England Reporter
Publisher Citation:	[2002] All ER (D) 325 (May)
Court:	Court of Appeal, Criminal Division
Judge:	Pill LJ, Nelson and McCombe JJ
Representation	William Wood QC (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for the defendant.
	Ian Alexander QC (instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service) for the Crown.
Judgment Dates:	21 May 2002

Catchwords

Criminal evidence - Similar facts - Probative force of evidence - Obtaining a pecuniary advantage by deception - Defendant pleading guilty to one charge and not guilty to other charges - Co-defendant pleading not guilty to charges - Jury hearing evidence at trial relating to all charges - Direction to jury - Judge directing jury to assess probative value of evidence relating to guilty plea offence - Whether directions wrong in law.

The Case

The defendant's conviction for three offences of obtaining a pecuniary advantage by deception was safe because the judge had not erred in directing the jury to consider the probative value of similar fact evidence in the circumstances.

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