Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2004] All ER (D) 168 (Sep)
Neutral Citation: [2004] EWCA Crim 2322
Court: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division
Judge:

Scott Baker LJ, Richards J and Dame Heather Steel

Representation Benjamin Nolan QC (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for the defendant.
  A Stevenson (instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service) for the Crown.
Judgment Dates: 27 July 2004

Catchwords

Criminal evidence and procedure - Evidence - Fresh evidence on appeal - Interpretation of ill-defined CCTV footage - Effect on safety of conviction.

The Case

Fresh evidence from an imagery interpreter said to assist a viewer interpret ill-defined CCTV footage of the deceased's death that had been before the jury did not undermine the safety of defendant's conviction for murder, in respect of which the jury had rejected his defence of self defence.

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