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R v ANDREW MCKINNON PATON (2007)

PUBLISHED June 8, 2007
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[2007] EWCA Crim 1572

Where a trial judge had failed to give proper directions on certain matters to the jury, particularly in respect of an accused's failure to give evidence, his convictions for kidnapping, false imprisonment and having an imitation firearm with intent to commit an indictable offence were unsafe.

CA (Crim Div) (Toulson LJ, Walker J, Judge Wadsworth QC)

08/06/2007

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