The appellant’s convictions for indecent assaults against young girls over 30 years ago were safe. His sentence would be reduced from seven years to four and a half years as these were not the most serious offences of their kind.
ADMISSIBILITY ALIBI DIRECTION ALIBIS APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION APPEAL AGAINST SENTENCE APPROPRIATE SENTENCE LENGTH CHARACTER DIRECTION CIVIL EVIDENCE COLLUSION OF WITNESSES CREDIBILITY CRIMINAL APPEALS CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 1988 s.23 CRIMINAL LAW DELAY DELAY BETWEEN OFFENCES AND TRIAL FAILURE TO GIVE ALIBI DIRECTION HEARSAY HEARSAY EVIDENCE INDECENT ASSAULT INDECENT ASSAULTS AGAINST CHILDREN JUDGE’S DIRECTIONS JURY DIRECTIONS LEAVE TO ADDUCE HEARSAY EVIDENCE REFUSED PREVIOUS CONVICTIONS PROPENSITY SELECTIVE INTRODUCTION SENTENCING SEXUAL OFFENCES TIME WITNESS STATEMENTS