Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2008] All ER (D) 51 (Dec)
Neutral Citation: [2008] EWCA Crim 2910
Court: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division
Judge:

Hughes LJ, MacDuff J and the Recorder of Brighton and Hove
Representation Malcom Bishop QC and Mr Sidhu (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for J.
  Patrick O'Conner and Mark Foley (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for B.
  Peter Carter QC and Robert Powles (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for U.
  Courteney Griffiths QC and Daniel Friedman (instructed by Birnberg Pierce) for S.
  Jonathan Laidlow QC (instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service) for the Crown.
Judgment Dates: 4 December 2008

Catchwords

Criminal law - Trial - Terrorism - Terrorist offences - Conspiracy to murder - Judge admitting evidence of bad character - Whether judge erring - Jury - Whether proper ballot conducted and jury properly empanelled - Whether conviction safe.

The Case

Criminal lawSentence TrialImprisonment. Court of Appeal, Criminal Division: The Court of Appeal clarified the position regarding the applicability of sentencing guideline cases in terrorism cases. Three appeals against sentence and an appeal against conviction of conspiracy to commit murder were dismissed.

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