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Author: MarkNewbyQSJ

Solicitor Advocate specialising in Miscarriage of Justice Cases and Defending Historical Abuse Allegations , writes on Criminal Justice issues . Involved in the quashing of a significant number of convictions . Currently a member of the Law Society Council and various committees including the Criminal Law Committee

R. v Timmis (Paul Anthony)[2021] EWCA Crim 159 – Bad Character Previous acquittals

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This permission to appeal case dealt with the interesting issue of what to do with the evidence of acquittals before a previous jury. Clearly a Defendant cannot be re-tried for the original…

Hamilton v Post Office[2021] EWCA Crim 21 – No right to argue abuse of process on referral but fairness dictated it should be allowed

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This was a Referral in relation to post office workers who had been convicted of dishonesty broadly under circumstances where post office accounting software and procedures might have falsely reported omissions that…

R v SL 2021] EWCA Crim 178 – Reminding of the Jury of ABE errors do not necessarily render a conviction unsafe

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In a Sexual Offence Case a Jury wanted a reminder of aspects of the ABE evidence. This was properly done as required in Open Court and the Judge proceeded to repeat verbatim…

R. v BTT[2021] EWCA Crim 4 – Criminal Exploitation and inconsistent accounts

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This was a leave to appeal case but builds upon the interesting issues relating to criminal exploitation and the case of DPP v M recently reported in this blog. It was taken…

R. (on the application of Financial Conduct Authority) v Abdel-Malek – Not the role of the Court of assess the “Feel of a Trial “

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This was an appeal in a complex fraud case, the Court carefully assessed the fresh evidence to determine whether this would have an impact on the safety of the conviction but declined…

DPP v M [2020] EWHC 3422 (Admin) – Expert Evidence Criminal Exploitation

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A conclusive grounds decision made by the Single Competent Authority appointed under the National Referral Mechanism Reform Programme was admissible as evidence in criminal proceedings in determining whether a defendant was a…

R. v Ferris (Chad Alfred)[2020] NICA 60 – Fresh Evidence in Sentence Appeals

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This case dealt with the more unusual use of fresh evidence – in an appeal on sentence. In particular an offender sought to rely on the fact that Four years had passed…

Jeremy Bamber – The story yet to be told ?

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In the history of criminal convictions in the modern era, there remains one mystifying tragedy and story which still seems to catch the public imagination namely the case almost universally colloquially referred…

R v Porch [2020 ] EWCA Crim 1633 – Failure to adduce phone evidence renders conviction unsafe – the crown do not need to be at fault

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In this interesting case the Court of Appeal allowed an extension of 1164 days to admit fresh evidence regarding phone records which due to various circumstances were not available at the time…

RT & MAM v R [2020] EWCA Crim 1343 – Hearsay Deceased Complainant , unknown victim and “lies ” not enough to defeat principles in Riat

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We have written a number of times over the evolution of the law on how to deal with deceased complainants under the hearsay provisions and this interesting case adds a new dimension…

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    • R v Osment [2021] EWCA Crim 705
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    • R v Osment [2021] EWCA Crim 705
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    • Justice join strasbourg fight to end nightmare of the wrongfully convicted
    • The Shrewsbury 24 Case Warren and Others [2021] EWCA Crim 413 – Destruction of evidence and the preservation of all digital records in the future to prevent future injustices
    • CRYSTAL HUNNISETT (formerly known as David Andrew Hunnisett [2021] EWCA Crim 265 – CCRC Referral Psychiatric Evidence was not fresh and was flawed
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    • R. v Sakin (Ilhan)R. v Gardrie (Muctarr)[2021] EWCA Crim 411 – Reopening a previous Appeal Decision – mistake
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    • The Criminal Purgatory – Release Under Investigation – is the end in sight?

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