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R v JOHN JAMES SHANNON (AKA JOHN JAMES ALFORD) (2000)

PUBLISHED September 14, 2000
SHARE

Entrapment was not sufficient to require the exclusion of evidence under s.78 Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984. The judge had a wide ambit of discretion to assess the effect of evidence obtained by entrapment on the fairness of the proceedings.

CA (Crim Div) (Potter LJ, Hidden J, Judge Ann Goddard QC)

14/09/2000

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