[2009] EWCA Crim 19

Convictions for murder were upheld as the judge had given sufficient jury directions on previous inconsistent statements. The standard Judicial Studies Board direction on previous inconsistent statements should be reconsidered: where the previous statement was exculpatory of the defendant, it was sufficient for the jury to conclude that it might be true rather than was true.

CA (Crim Div) (Stanley Burnton LJ, Bennett J, Judge Stephens QC)

23/01/2009