Deficiencies in a judge’s summing up were such as to render a conviction for historic child sex offences unsafe.
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Deficiencies in a judge’s summing up were such as to render a conviction for historic child sex offences unsafe.
BUGGERY CHILD SEX OFFENCES CRIMINAL PROCEDURE DELAY EFFECT OF DEFICIENCIES IN SUMMING UP ON SAFETY OF CONVICTION FOR HISTORIC CHILD SEX OFFENCES GOOD CHARACTER INDECENCY JURY DIRECTIONS LUCAS DIRECTIONS SUMMING UP
Where the convictions of two men for unconnected sexual offences involving the same victim had been quashed, but only one of the men was paid compensation under the Criminal Justice Act 1988 s.133, the secretary of state had not acted illegally or irrationally in his application of developing case law. The court surveyed the meaning of “miscarriage of justice” in s.133 of the Act in the light of those cases.
COMPENSATION CRIMINAL CASES REVIEW COMMISSION CRIMINAL EVIDENCE CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 1988 s.133 CRIMINAL LAW CRIMINAL PROCEDURE FRESH EVIDENCE INDECENCY INDECENT ASSAULT MEANING OF “MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE” IN S.133 CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 1988 MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE s.13 s.133(1) WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS
There was no power to add an extended sentence to a detention and training order under the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 s.85 .
ADDITION OF EXTENDED PERIOD OF LICENCE TO DETENTION AND TRAINING ORDERS CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 1991 CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 1991 s.39(2) DETENTION AND TRAINING ORDERS EXTENDED LICENCE PERIODS EXTENDED SENTENCES EXTENSION PERIODS INDECENCY INDECENCY WITH A CHILD INDECENCY WITH CHILD POWERS OF CRIMINAL COURTS (SENTENCING) ACT 2000 s.85 s.101 s.101(5) S.101(5) POWERS OF CRIMINAL COURTS (SENTENCING) ACT 2000 s.102 s.103 s.103(1) s.105 s.106 s.33 s.39 S.39(2) CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 1991 s.43(3) s.44(3) s.76 S.85 POWERS OF CRIMINAL COURTS (SENTENCING) ACT 2000 s.85(1) s.85(1)(b) s.85(2) s.85(5) s.91 SENTENCING SENTENCING POWERS SEXUAL OFFENCES UNLAWFUL SENTENCES
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