| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2012] All ER (D) 112 (Apr) |
| Court: | Court of Appeal, Criminal Division |
| Judge: | Davis LJ, Treacy J and the Recorder of Leeds (judgment delivered extempore) |
| Representation | Vincent Ward (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for the defendant. |
| Alexander Burns (instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service) for the Crown. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 24 April 2012 |
Catchwords
Criminal Evidence - Admissibility - Defendant being charged with conspiracy to pervert the course of public justice and driving whilst disqualified - Defendant being identified as driver of car - Co-accused subsequently attending police station and stating was driver of car - Prosecution alleging co-accused not driver and defendant persuading him to say was driver - At trial judge ruling jury should be informed of fact car recently stolen in course of dwelling house burglary - During trial suggestion arising of possible additional CCTV footage existing but not yet recovered - Judge refusing to grant adjournment for further investigation - Whether judge erring - Whether conviction unsafe.
The Case
Criminal Evidence Admissibility. The Court of Appeal, Criminal Division, in dismissing an appeal against conviction for conspiracy to pervert the course of public justice and driving whilst disqualified, held that there had been no error in the judge's rulings, the trial had not been unfair and the convictions were not unsafe.
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