England and Wales Court of Appeal > Criminal Division

1. On 22 January 2018, following a trial in the Crown Court at Bristol before HHJ Horton and a jury, the appellant was convicted of an offence of rape. He was acquitted on the direction of the judge on two associated counts of assault by penetration. He appeals against his conviction with leave of the single judge on the grounds that he did not r...

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1. These unconnected cases were tried, in separate Crown Court proceedings, on a form of indictment which had been uploaded electronically by the prosecution onto the Crown Court Digital Case System (``the DCS''). In both cases the applicant was put in charge of the jury, which returned a verdict of guilty on counts contained in that form of indict...

1. On 14 March 2018, in the Crown Court at Derby before His Honour Judge Jonathan Bennett and a jury, Virginia Shirt and Alan Shirt were convicted by of conspiracy to defraud by making a false representation, contrary to s.2(1) of the Fraud Act 2006. The particulars of the offence on the indictment were as follows: ``Daniel John Davenport, Virginia...

1. On 18 July 2018 at the Crown Court at Sheffield the offender was convicted of wounding with intent contrary to section 18 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 following a trial before the Recorder of Sheffield and a jury. He had earlier pleaded guilty to having a bladed article in a public place contrary to section 139 of the Criminal Ju...

1. This appeal concerns offences to which the provisions of the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 1992 apply. Consequently, no matter relating to the complainants (to whom we shall refer by the initials "A" to "J") shall be included in any publication if it is likely to lead members of the public to identify them or any of them as the victims of any...

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JUDGMENTThis transcript is Crown Copyright. It may not be reproduced in whole or in part other than in accordance with relevant licence or with the express consent of the Authority. All rights are reserved. WARNING: Reporting restrictions may apply to the contents transcribed in this document, particularly if the case concerned a sexual offence

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2. The difficulties that such a charge can give rise to - as illustrated by the fact that the present case has, with leave of the single judge, generated an appeal to this court - would tend to reinforce the view that, where land is involved, prosecutors would be well advised to seek to frame charges other than under the 1968 Act: for example, unde...

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WARNING: Reporting restrictions may apply to the contents transcribed in this document, particularly if the case concerned a sexual offence or involved a child. Reporting restrictions prohibit the publication of the applicable information to the public or any section of the public, in writing, in a broadcast or by means of the internet, including

WARNING: Reporting restrictions may apply to the contents transcribed in this document, particularly if the case concerned a sexual offence or involved a child. Reporting restrictions prohibit the publication of the applicable information to the public or any section of the public, in writing, in a broadcast or by means of the internet, including

WARNING: Reporting restrictions may apply to the contents transcribed in this document, particularly if the case concerned a sexual offence or involved a child. Reporting restrictions prohibit the publication of the applicable information to the public or any section of the public, in writing, in a broadcast or by means of the internet, including

WARNING: Reporting restrictions may apply to the contents transcribed in this document, particularly if the case concerned a sexual offence or involved a child. Reporting restrictions prohibit the publication of the applicable information to the public or any section of the public, in writing, in a broadcast or by means of the internet, including

1. This is the judgment of the court to which we have all contributed. Antoin Gray is 24. On 10 May 2017, when he was 22, at the Central Criminal Court he was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment; the period of 17 years (less time on remand) was specified as the minimum term under s.269 Criminal Justice Act 2003. 2. Two other yo...

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1. In May 2017 the appellant, Emmanuel Thompson, and eight other men stood trial at the Crown Court at Kingston, before Her Honour Judge Plaschkes QC and a jury, upon an indictment containing three counts. Count one charged the nine defendants with conspiracy to possess firearms with intent to endanger life; count two charged each defendant with c...

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J U D G M E N T (Approved)WARNING: Reporting restrictions may apply to the contents transcribed in this document, particularly if the case concerned a sexual offence or involved a child. Reporting restrictions prohibit the publication of the applicable information to the public or any section of the public, in writing, in a broadcast or by means o...

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1. The appellant, Shahraz Khan, was convicted after a trial at Luton Crown Court of possessing with intent to supply 15 kilograms of cocaine, a class A drug. On 16 May 2018 he was sentenced for that offence to 16 years' imprisonment. He appeals against his sentence with leave of the single judge. 2. Before his arrest the appellant had been under

1. On 22 January 2018, at Bolton Crown Court, the first appellant, whom we shall refer to as X, pleaded guilty to 18 offences of indecent assault. The victims of those offences were his three stepdaughters. The offences were committed over a period of 17 years between 1979 and 1996 in the family home. The offences charged were examples only of a...