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R v AARON LEE DAVIES (2011)

PUBLISHED April 7, 2011
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[2011] EWCA Crim 871

The court concluded that a conviction for manslaughter was unsafe in circumstances where the procedure adopted at an inquest, pre-trial, had given the Crown an opportunity to undermine the credibility of an honest and independent witness whose evidence cast doubt on its case.

CA (Crim Div) (Aikens LJ, Kenneth Parker J, Sir Geoffrey Grigson)

07/04/2011

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