| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2003] All ER (D) 206 (Jul) |
| Court: | Court of Appeal, Criminal Division |
| Judge: | Kennedy LJ, Cresswell and Bennett JJ |
| Representation | Gavin Doig (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for the defendant. |
| Penelope Moreland (instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service) for the Crown. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 11 July 2003 |
Catchwords
Criminal evidence and procedure - Witness - Disclosure of previous conviction - Prosecution failing to disclose fact of conviction to defence - Effect on safety of conviction.
The Case
In the circumstances of the instant case, the fact that the Crown had failed to disclose a witness's conviction for an offence indecent assault on a 20-year-old female did not affect the safety of the defendant's conviction for an offence of indecent assault on the witness's five-year-old daughter.
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