| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2003] All ER (D) 92 (Nov) |
| Neutral Citation: | [2003] EWCA Crim 3031 |
| Court: | Court of Appeal, Criminal Division |
| Judge: | May LJ, Roderick Evans J and Judge Jeremy Roberts QC |
| Representation | James Mulholland (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for the defendant. |
| John Snell (instructed by Solicitors Office, Department for Work and Pensions, Birmingham) for the prosecution. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 7 November 2003 |
Catchwords
Criminal evidence and procedure - Trial - Summing up - Direction to jury - False accounting - Mental element of offence - Safety of conviction - s 17(1).
The Case
The defendant's conviction for false accounting was safe because the judge's directions to the jury on the mental element of false accounting were sufficient when taken as a whole.
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