[2012] EWCA Crim 1756

In a trial concerning conspiracy to rape a child under 13, the judge, when considering a submission of no case to answer, had failed to consider whether a reasonable jury could be entitled to infer that the offenders intended to carry out the agreement. Taking the prosecution evidence at its highest, no reasonable jury could infer that the offenders had intended to carry out the agreement.

CA (Crim Div) (Aikens LJ, Sweeney J, Supperstone J)

27/07/2012