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…
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DPP v M [2020] EWHC 3422 (Admin) – Expert Evidence Criminal Exploitation
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 Wangige (Joseph Karumba) [2020] EWCA Crim 1319 – autrefois convict preventing a second conviction on the same facts
This was a sad case involving the death of a victim in a road traffic incident in which the the Crown Prosecution Service having carefully considered the circumstances concluded that none of…
R. v Foy (Nicholas John) [2020] EWCA Crim 270 – Need for finality in expert evidence
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…