Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2010] All ER (D) 158 (Feb)
Neutral Citation: [2010] EWCA Crim 148
Court: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division
Judge:

Dyson LJ, Swift and Sweeny JJ
Representation Mukul Chawla QC (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for the first defendant.
  Rock Tansey QC (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for the second defendant.
  Mark Cotter (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for the third defendant.
  Anthony Evans QC and Nicholas Dunham (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for the fourth defendant.
  Martyn Bowyer (instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service) for the Crown.
Judgment Dates: 11 February 2010

Catchwords

Criminal evidence - Character of accused - Bad character - Defendants being member of gang MDP - Defendants planning revenge attack on rival gang Gritset - Deceased being mistaken for member of Gritset - Defendants attacking deceased and inflicting fatal injuries - One of defendants subject of prosecution application to adduce bad character evidence - Judge permitting application - Whether judge erring.

The Case

The Court of Appeal, Criminal Division, entertained appeals from the defendants against their convictions for various offences arising out of a gang attack on the deceased. Issues which arose for consideration on appeal included bad character evidence and the sentence of a defendant who had been 12 at the time of the offence.

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