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R v (1) STEVEN JAMES HOOKWAY (2) GAVIN NOAKES (2011)

PUBLISHED August 11, 2011
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[2011] EWCA Crim 1989

It was appropriate for a jury to consider DNA evidence despite a dispute between expert witnesses as to that evidence. The prosecution had not depended exclusively on the disputed evidence, the dispute had not been whether there was DNA evidence incriminating the defendants but had concerned the strength of that evidence, and the prosecution expert's evidence had not been criticised as being unscientific or based on any misconception.

CA (Crim Div) (Stanley Burnton LJ, Cooke J, Holroyde J)

11/08/2011

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