| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2003] All ER (D) 417 (Nov) |
| Neutral Citation: | [2003] EWCA Crim 3358 |
| Court: | Court of Appeal, Criminal Division |
| Judge: | Mantell LJ, Butterfield and Cox JJ |
| Representation | Mark Turner QC (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for the defendant. |
| Nigel Sweeney QC (instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service) for the Crown. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 27 November 2003 |
Catchwords
Criminal evidence and procedure - Police evidence - Credibility of individual officers - Impact on evidence of civilian witnesses - Safety of conviction.
The Case
The defendants' convictions for offences including conspiracy to rob were unsafe because the main prosecution witness' evidence was tainted because of handling by discredited police officers.
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