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R v (1) DAVID JAMES (2) JOHN MELNICHENKO (3) COLIN RICHARDSON (2008)

PUBLISHED July 30, 2008
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[2008] EWCA Crim 1869

Applying modern standards of fairness, a conviction from 1986 for grievous bodily harm with intent was unsafe where the appellant had been denied access to a solicitor and contemporaneous records of police interviews had not been made.

CA (Crim Div) (Pill LJ, King J, Dame Heather Steel)

30/07/2008

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