| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2007] All ER (D) 374 (Nov) |
| Court: | Court of Appeal, Criminal Division |
| Judge: | Hughes LJ, Wyn Williams J, Judge Richard Brown |
| Representation | Jeremy Lynn (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for the defendant. |
| Babatunde Alabi (instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service) for the Crown. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 23 November 2007 |
Catchwords
Criminal law - Trial - Witnesses - Possessing Class A drug with intent to supply - Possessing Class C drug with intent to supply - Hearsay - Witness failing to attend trial - Prosecution applying for statement of witness to be read - Judge concluding such steps as reasonably practicable taken and that in interests of justice to allow statement to be read - Whether statutory requirements for admissibility satisfied - Whether conviction unsafe - s 114(1)(d),s 116(2)(d).
The Case
Criminal lawTrial. The Court of Appeal gave guidance on the interpretation of the words 'such steps as reasonably practicable', and circumstances where a statement of a witness would be allowed to be read in his absence, pursuant to s116(2)(d) of the .
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