| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2004] All ER (D) 124 (Sep) |
| Neutral Citation: | [2004] EWCA Crim 2322 |
| Court: | Court of Appeal, Criminal Division |
| Judge: | Scott Baker LJ, Richards J and Dame Heather Steel |
| Representation | William Saunders (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for the defendant. |
| Thomas Payne (instructed by HM Customs & Excise) for the Crown. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 27 July 2003 |
Catchwords
Criminal evidence and procedure - Trial - Direction to jury - Duress - Adequacy of directions.
The Case
In a case where the defendant had been running the defence of duress, the judge's summing, viewed as a whole, had been adequate for the circumstances of the case. Further, on the facts, the defence had not had an inherent ring of truth about it and the jury had had no difficulty in rejecting it. Accordingly, the conviction was safe.
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