The court refused to admit fresh psychiatric evidence in support of a possible defence of diminished responsibility to a charge of murder. Diminished responsibility had not been pursued at trial, the opinion…
A defendant’s trial for causing grievous bodily harm with intent had not been unfair given that he had deliberately absented himself from the trial process and deprived himself of his right to…
In this CCRC Referral which followed the case of R v Stephen Simmons [2018] EWCA Crim 114 , these 1972 convictions were quashed on the basis that these were convictions arising out…
The Court of Appeal Criminal Division did not have jurisdiction to hear an appeal against conviction for a summary offence which had been committed to the Crown Court under the Crime and…