[2006] EWCA Crim 1168

Evidence of the identity of a person who was the source of the offenders' belief that a female had consented to sexual conduct was in principle relevant evidence as to whether they had had that belief and was therefore admissible under the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 s.41(3)(a) , but on the facts the exclusion of that evidence had not made convictions for kidnap and sexual assault on a female unsafe.

CA (Crim Div) (Thomas LJ, Walker J, Sir Richard Curtis)

22/05/2006