[2007] EWCA Crim 1249

An appeal against conviction for causing or allowing the death of a child under the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 s.5(1) was dismissed where, although the trial judge had erred in directing the jury on the proper interpretation of the section, there was considerable evidence of a significant risk of harm to the child, so there was no real danger that the jury had convicted when they would not otherwise have done so.

CA (Crim Div) (Moore-Bick LJ, David Clarke J, Swift J)

25/05/2007