[2002] EWCA Crim 1571

When giving a direction pursuant to s.34 Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, a failure to direct the jury that an inference drawn under s.34 could not of itself prove guilt and a failure to direct as to reasonable expectations of what a defendant should have mentioned in interview, was a material irregularity in a trial and lead to convictions being quashed.

CA (Crim Div) (Pill LJ, Nelson J, McCombe J)

28/06/2002