| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2011] All ER (D) 169 (Dec) |
| Court: | Court of Appeal, Criminal Division |
| Judge: | Moses LJ, Keith J and Judge Scott-Gall (judgment delivered extempore) |
| Representation | Roger Sahota (instructed by BSB Solicitors) for the defendant. |
| Christopher Baur (instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service) for the Crown. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 20 December 2011 |
Catchwords
Criminal evidence - Hearsay - Admissibility - Cruelty to child - Defendant charged with cruelly to child - Prosecution seeking to admit evidence of child victim's account to mother, grandmother and medical practitioner - Judge admitting evidence - Whether judge erring - Whether conviction unsafe - .
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Criminal evidence Hearsay. The Court of Appeal, Criminal Division, in dismissing the defendant's appeal against conviction of cruelty to a child, held that the admission of hearsay evidence had not rendered the conviction unsafe.
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