Where a defendant, charged with committing sexual offences against his stepdaughters, had attacked the character of one of the victims, the judge had been entitled to allow the prosecution to admit evidence of the defendant’s previous convictions for non-sexual offences in accordance with the Criminal Justice Act 2003 s.101(1)(g).
ADMISSIBILITY ADMISSIBILITY OF DEFENDANT’S PREVIOUS CONVICTIONS UNDER S.101(1)(G) CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 2003 ATTACKS ON CHARACTER ATTACKS ON CHARACTER OF VICTIM BAD CHARACTER CHILD SEX OFFENCES CRIMINAL EVIDENCE CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 2003 s.101(1)(g) JURY DIRECTIONS PREVIOUS CONVICTIONS PROPENSITY s.101 s.103
A judge had been correct to admit a defendant’s previous bad character under the Criminal Justice Act 2003 s.101(1)(g) since the conduct of that defendant in his evidence-in-chief amounted to an attack on prosecution witnesses. However, a sentence of 10 years’ imprisonment had been manifestly excessive for breach of a sexual offences prevention order.
ADMISSIBILITY APPLICATION OF S.101(1)(G) CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 2003 BAD CHARACTER BREACH BREACH OF SEXUAL OFFENCES PREVENTION ORDER CONDUCT DURING EVIDENCE-IN-CHIEF CRIMINAL EVIDENCE CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 2003 s.101(1)(g) PREVIOUS CONVICTIONS PROPENSITY s.101(1)(d) s.103(1)(b) Sch.15 SENTENCE LENGTH SENTENCING SEXUAL OFFENCES PREVENTION ORDERS
Please use the form below to make contact. Your email will be responded to promptly (we endeavour to respond to all email enquiries within one hour). Alternatively, you can call Stephen's firm, Twelve Tabulae Limited, on +44 (0) 203 846 5801.