Although a judge in a rape trial had not specifically directed the jury that evidence given by witnesses of what the complainant had told them after the incident was not independent evidence of the acts complained of, there had, in the circumstances, been no real risk of the jury assuming that it was.
COMPLAINTS CREDIBILITY CRIMINAL EVIDENCE CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 2003 s.120 CRIMINAL PROCEDURE EVIDENCE FROM WITNESSES TO WHOM COMPLAINT MADE INDEPENDENT NATURE OF COMPLAINANT’S EVIDENCE JURY DIRECTIONS PREVIOUS CONSISTENT STATEMENTS RECENT COMPLAINT s.120(7) SEXUAL OFFENCES VICTIMS
Convictions for five counts of rape and one count of indecent assault were safe, as there were no particular circumstances that required the judge to have given directions relating to the age of the victims, delay, an elaborated good character direction, or a recent complaint direction.
AGE CHILDREN CRIMINAL EVIDENCE DELAY EFFECT OF ABSENCE OF SPECIFIC DIRECTIONS ON SAFETY OF CONVICTIONS EXPERT EVIDENCE INDECENT ASSAULT JURY DIRECTIONS RAPE RAPE AND INDECENT ASSAULT RECENT COMPLAINT VYE DIRECTIONS
Appeals against convictions for numerous and various sexual offences were dismissed where the judge had correctly admitted evidence of the making of complaints under the Criminal Justice Act 2003 s.120(2) and evidence as to bad character, and had not misled the jury in his directions.
ADMISSIBILITY ADMISSION OF EVIDENCE UNDER S.120(2) CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 2003 BAD CHARACTER CONSENT CRIMINAL EVIDENCE CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 2003 s.120(2) DIRECTIONS JURY DIRECTIONS PROPENSITY RAPE RECENT COMPLAINT s.101(1)(a) s.103(1)(a) s.112 s.114 s.114(1)(d) s.116(2)(b) s.120 s.120(7) s.120(7)(d) SENTENCE LENGTH SENTENCING SEXUAL OFFENCES SUMMING UP
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